F44.5

Conversion disorder with seizures or convulsions

Billable / specific

F44.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Conversion disorder with attacks or seizures
  • Dissociative convulsions

Includes (from F44)

  • disorders of psychological development
  • conversion hysteria
  • conversion reaction
  • hysteria
  • hysterical psychosis

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99) (from F44)
  • malingering [conscious simulation] (Z76.5) (from F44)

Also known as

  • Conversion disorder with attacks or seizures
  • Dissociative convulsions
  • Autonomic, autonomous, hysteria seizure
  • Convulsions, dissociative
  • Convulsions, hysterical
  • Disorder, conversion, with attacks or seizures
  • Fit, hysterical
  • Hysteria, hysterical, convulsions
  • Hysteroepilepsy
  • Pseudotetany, hysterical
  • Seizure, autonomic
  • Seizure, hysterical
  • Tetany, convulsions, hysterical
  • Tetany, functional
  • Tetany, hyperkinetic, hysterical
  • Tetany, hyperpnea, hysterical
  • Tetany, hyperventilation, hysterical

Parent code

  • F44Dissociative and conversion disordersHeader

Related codes

  • F44.0Dissociative amnesiaBillable
  • F44.1Dissociative fugueBillable
  • F44.2Dissociative stuporBillable
  • F44.4Conversion disorder with motor symptom or deficitBillable
  • F44.6Conversion disorder with sensory symptom or deficitBillable
  • F44.7Conversion disorder with mixed symptom presentationBillable
  • F44.8Other dissociative and conversion disordersHeader
  • F44.9Dissociative and conversion disorder, unspecifiedBillable

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