F44.4

F44.4: Conversion disorder with motor symptom or deficit

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F44.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for conversion disorder with motor symptom or deficit. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Conversion disorder with abnormal movement
Conversion disorder with speech symptoms
Conversion disorder with swallowing symptoms
Conversion disorder with weakness/paralysis
Dissociative motor disorders
Psychogenic aphonia
Psychogenic dysphonia

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F44.4

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

Written on F44: Dissociative and conversion disorders

malingering [conscious simulation] (Z76.5)

Other codes that can never be billed with F44.4

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

G24.3Spasmodic torticollis
G82Paraplegia (paraparesis) and quadriplegia (quadriparesis)
R25.1Tremor, unspecified
R41Other symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions and awareness
R49Voice and resonance disorders
R53.2Functional quadriplegia

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

F44.4 is named in 20 Medicare coverage policies: 19 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
A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
A56619Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
A56645Billing and Coding: Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Abasia(-astasia) (hysterical)
Astasia(-abasia) (hysterical)
Bergeron's disease(hysterical chorea)
Blocq's disease
Camptocormia(hysterical)
Aphonia›hysterical
Aphonia›psychogenic
Asthenia, asthenic›hysterical
Ataxia, ataxy, ataxic›hysterical
Ataxia, ataxy, ataxic›nonorganic origin
Ataxia, ataxy, ataxic›psychogenic
Bent›back(hysterical)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.