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Diagnosis Code

R46.81 OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R46.81

Short Description: Obsessive-compulsive behavior

Long Description: Obsessive-compulsive behavior

The code R46.81 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)
        • R46.81 Obsessive-compulsive behavior

This code is valid for unacceptable principal diagnosis

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Addiction
  • Biting self
  • Compulsion expressed as ritual
  • Compulsion to act on dangerous thoughts
  • Compulsion to act on thoughts
  • Compulsive arrangement of objects
  • Compulsive behavior
  • Compulsive buying
  • Compulsive checking
  • Compulsive cleaning
  • Compulsive counting
  • Compulsive drug taking
  • Compulsive handwashing
  • Compulsive hoarding
  • Compulsive purposeless behavior
  • Compulsive repeating
  • Compulsive scratching behavior
  • Compulsive self-biting behavior
  • Compulsive tidying
  • Compulsive touching
  • Compulsive uncontrollable drug taking
  • Compulsive washing
  • Compulsive water drinking
  • Excessive exercise
  • Finding related to ability to resist dangerous thoughts
  • Finding related to ability to resist dangerous thoughts
  • Finding related to ability to resist obsessional thoughts
  • Finding related to ability to resist thoughts
  • Finding related to ability to resist thoughts
  • Finding related to ability to resist thoughts
  • Finding related to ability to resist thoughts
  • Hoarding
  • Inability to resist compulsive behaviors
  • Obsessive behavior
  • Psychological addiction
  • Scratches self
  • Unable to resist dangerous thoughts
  • Unable to resist obsessional thoughts

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R46.81 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • obsessive-compulsive disorder (@F42*.-)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R46.81 Right Arrow 799.89 Ill-define condition NEC
V40.39 Oth spc behavior problem

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
R46.0 Very low level of personal hygiene
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
R46.89 Other symptoms and signs involving appearance and behavior

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

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