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Diagnosis Code

R46.0 VERY LOW LEVEL OF PERSONAL HYGIENE


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R46.0

Short Description: Very low level of personal hygiene

Long Description: Very low level of personal hygiene

The code R46.0 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 appearance and behavior (R46)
        • R46.0 Very low level of personal hygiene

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Hands dirty
  • Neglect of personal hygiene
  • Personal appearance dirty
  • Personal hygiene finding
  • Personal hygiene finding
  • Self-neglect
  • Very low level of personal hygiene

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R46.0 Right Arrow 799.89 Ill-define condition NEC

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
R46 Symptoms and signs involving appearance and behavior
R46.1 Bizarre personal appearance
R46.2 Strange and inexplicable behavior
R46.3 Overactivity
R46.4 Slowness and poor responsiveness
R46.5 Suspiciousness and marked evasiveness
R46.6 Undue concern and preoccupation with stressful events
R46.7 Verbosity and circumstantial detail obscuring reason for contact
R46.8 Other symptoms and signs involving appearance and behavior
R46.81 Obsessive-compulsive behavior
R46.89 Other symptoms and signs involving appearance and behavior

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023

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