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R45.8

R45.8Other symptoms and signs involving emotional state

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R45.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other symptoms and signs involving emotional state. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Other codes that can never be billed with R45.8

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at R45.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading R45.8 alone.

  • R45.3Demoralization and apathy
  • R68.11Excessive crying of infant (baby)

Risk adjustment

R45.8 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 to one of these instead R45.8

9 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share R45. If R45.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about R45.8

Is R45.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
No. R45.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does R45.8 sit in the tabular list?
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99), in the block Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behavior (R40-R46).
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.