F41.1
F41.1: Generalized anxiety disorder
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
F41.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for generalized anxiety disorder. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check F41.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- neurasthenia (F48.8)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Anxiety neurosis
- Anxiety reaction
- Anxiety state
- Overanxious disorder
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F41.1
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
F41.1 is named in 18 Medicare coverage policies: 17 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
- A56756Billing and Coding: Home Health - Psychiatric Care
- A56818Billing and Coding: Urine Drug Testing
- A56937Billing and Coding: Psychiatry and Psychology Services
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Apprehension state
- Anxiety›generalized
- Anxiety›neurosis
- Anxiety›reaction
- Anxiety›state
- Disorder›overanxious
- Neurosis, neurotic›anxiety(state)
- Psychoneurosis, psychoneurotic›anxiety(state)
- Reaction›anxiety
- State›anxiety(neurotic)
- State›apprehension
- Disorder›anxiety›generalized
The condition this code belongs to
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.