F45.22
F45.22: Body dysmorphic disorder
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
F45.22 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for body dysmorphic disorder. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check F45.22 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Bigorexia
- Dysmorphophobia (nondelusional)
- Muscle dysmorphia
- Nosophobia
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F45.22
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on F45.2: Hypochondriacal disorders
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
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
F45.22 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies: 9 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
- A56756Billing and Coding: Home Health - Psychiatric Care
- A56937Billing and Coding: Psychiatry and Psychology Services
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Bigorexia
- Dysmorphophobia(nondelusional)
- Nosophobia
- Disorder›body dysmorphic
- Disorder›dysmorphic body
- Dysmorphia›muscle
- Disorder›hypochondriacal›body dysmorphic
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.