R45.83
R45.83: Excessive crying of child, adolescent or adult
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R45.83 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for excessive crying of child, adolescent or adult. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R45.83 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- excessive crying of infant (baby) R68.11
Other codes that can never be billed with R45.83
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R45.83 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A54969Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A56619Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A57130Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Codes
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Crying›child, adolescent, or adult
- Excess, excessive, excessively›crying›in child, adolescent, or adult
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.