F43.2
ICD-10Non-billable categoryAdjustment disorders
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Adjustment disorders
F43.2 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Inclusion terms
- Culture shock
- Grief reaction
- Hospitalism in children
Excludes2
Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.
- separation anxiety disorder of childhood (F93.0)
More specific codes under F43.2
- F43.20Adjustment disorder, unspecified
- F43.21Adjustment disorder with depressed mood
- F43.22Adjustment disorder with anxiety
- F43.23Adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- F43.24Adjustment disorder with disturbance of conduct
- F43.25Adjustment disorder w mixed disturb of emotions and conduct
- F43.29Adjustment disorder with other symptoms
Related codes in F43
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.