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F43.20

F43.20: Adjustment disorder, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F43.20 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for adjustment disorder, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F43.20

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on F43.2: Adjustment disorders

  • separation anxiety disorder of childhood (F93.0)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

F43.20 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 6 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
  • A56645Billing and Coding: Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing
  • A56937Billing and Coding: Psychiatry and Psychology Services
  • A57130Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Codes

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Nostalgia
  • Disorder›adjustment(grief)
  • Grief›reaction

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under F43.2

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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