R45.4 IRRITABILITY AND ANGER

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R45.4
Short Description: Irritability and anger
Long Description: Irritability and anger
Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

The code R45.4 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
- Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behavior (R40-R46)
  - Symptoms and signs involving emotional state (R45)

Synonyms

Able to control anger
Able to control emotions
Anger reaction
Anger stage of grief
Breath holding with temper
Difficulty controlling anger
Difficulty controlling emotions
Feeling aggressive
Feeling angry
Feeling angry
Feeling angry
Feeling angry
Feeling irritable
Feeling irritable
Feeling irritable
Feeling irritable
Finding related to ability to control anger
Finding related to ability to control anger
Finding related to ability to control anger
Finding related to ability to control emotions
Finding related to ability to control emotions
Finding related to ability to control emotions
Fussy toddler
Grieving process stage - finding
Hyperirritability
Irritability and anger
Irritability and anger
Irritability and anger
Irritability postvaccinal
Oppositional defiant disorder
Oppositional defiant disorder
Oppositional defiant disorder co-occurrent with chronic irritability-anger
Oppositional defiant disorder co-occurrent with chronic irritability-anger with normal prosocial emotions
Outbursts of anger
Temper problem
Temper problem
Unable to control anger

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code		ICD-9 Code	ICD-9 Description
R45.4		799.22	Irritability

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
R45	Symptoms and signs involving emotional state
R45.0	Nervousness
R45.1	Restlessness and agitation
R45.2	Unhappiness
R45.3	Demoralization and apathy
R45.5	Hostility
R45.6	Violent behavior
R45.7	State of emotional shock and stress, unspecified
R45.8	Other symptoms and signs involving emotional state
R45.81	Low self-esteem
R45.82	Worries
R45.83	Excessive crying of child, adolescent or adult
R45.84	Anhedonia
R45.85	Homicidal and suicidal ideations
R45.850	Homicidal ideations
R45.851	Suicidal ideations
R45.86	Emotional lability
R45.87	Impulsiveness
R45.88	Nonsuicidal self-harm
R45.89	Other symptoms and signs involving emotional state

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2024

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