F45.2 — Hypochondriacal disorders
F45.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for hypochondriacal disorders. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 — 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.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F45.2
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of F45.2, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Written on F45 — Somatoform disorders
- dissociative and conversion disorders (F44.-)
- factitious disorders (F68.1-, F68.A)
- hair-plucking (F63.3)
- lalling (F80.0)
- lisping (F80.0)
- malingering [conscious simulation] (Z76.5)
- nail-biting (F98.8)
- psychological or behavioral factors associated with disorders or diseases classified elsewhere (F54)
- sexual dysfunction, not due to a substance or known physiological condition (F52.-)
- thumb-sucking (F98.8)
- tic disorders (in childhood and adolescence) (F95.-)
- Tourette's syndrome (F95.2)
- trichotillomania (F63.3)
Risk adjustment
F45.2 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code history
F45.2 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Code to one of these instead F45.2
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F45. If F45.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about F45.2
- Is F45.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. F45.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does F45.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (F40-F48).