# 2022 List of ICD-10 Codes for Mental Health

**URL:** https://www.valant.io/resources/blog/2022-list-of-icd-10-codes-for-mental-health/
**Author:** Andrew Schatzberg
**Published:** September 26, 2022

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We’ve provided this list of ICD-10 codes for mental health and behavioral problems as a simple cheat sheet. Be sure to bookmark this page for easy reference!

For more on the latest information regarding ICD-11, see [ICD-11 2022 Updates](https://www.valant.io/resources/blog/icd-11-2022-updates/).

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## Common ICD-10 Codes for Mental Health

**ADHD**

**F90.0: **Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, predominantly inattentive type

**F90.1:** Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, predominantly hyperactive type

**F90.2: **Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, combined type

**F90.8: **Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, other type

**F90.9: **Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, unspecified type

 

**Adjustment disorders**

**F43.10:** [Posttraumatic stress disorder](https://www.valant.io/resources/blog/icd-10-code-for-ptsd-f43-10/)

**F43.21: **Adjustment disorder with depressed mood

**F43.22: **Adjustment disorder with anxiety

 

**Anxiety**

ICD-10 diagnostic codes specify several types of anxiety disorders. Unspecified anxiety disorder falls under the diagnostic code F41.9. However, the [Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519704/table/ch3.t15/) requires patients to meet at least three out of six criteria before a clinician can assign this code to them. Read more about the requirements for unspecified anxiety disorder [here](https://www.valant.io/resources/blog/icd-10-code-for-anxiety/).

**F40.01: **Agoraphobia with panic disorder

**F41.0: **Panic disorder without agoraphobia (episodic paroxysmal anxiety)

**F41.1:** [Generalized anxiety disorder](https://www.valant.io/resources/blog/icd-10-code-for-generalized-anxiety-disorder-f41-1/)

**F41.8:** Other specified anxiety disorders

**F41.9: **[Anxiety disorder, unspecified](https://www.valant.io/resources/blog/icd-10-code-for-anxiety/)

 

**Bipolar**

**F31.0:** Bipolar disorder, current episode hypomanic

**F31.10:** Bipolar disorder, current episode manic without psychotic features, unspecified

**F31.11:** Bipolar disorder, current episode manic without psychotic features, mild

**F31.12:** Bipolar disorder, current episode manic without psychotic features, moderate

**F31.13:** Bipolar disorder, current episode manic without psychotic features, severe

**F31.2: **Bipolar disorder, current episode manic severe with psychotic features

**F31.30: **Bipolar disorder, current episode depressed, mild or moderate severity, unspecified

**F31.31: **Bipolar disorder, current episode depressed, mild

**F31.4:** Bipolar disorder, current episode depressed, severe, without psychotic features

**F31.5:** Bipolar disorder, current episode depressed, severe, with psychotic features

**F31.7:** Bipolar disorder, currently in remission

**F31.81: **Bipolar II disorder

**F31.9: **Bipolar disorder, unspecified

 

**Depression**

The standard ICD-10 code for billing services related to depression is F32.9, which describes major depressive disorder (single episode, unspecified), as well as depression, not otherwise specified (NOS), depressive disorder, and major depression. Read more about F32 codes and symptoms of depression [here](https://www.valant.io/resources/blog/icd-10-codes-for-depression/).

**F32.0:** Major depressive disorder, single episode, mild

**F32.1:** Major depressive disorder, single episode, moderate

**F32.2:** Major depressive disorder: single episode, severe without psychotic features

**F32.3:** Major depressive disorder, single episode, severe with psychotic features

**F32.4:** Major depressive disorder, single episode, in partial remission

**F32.5:** Major depressive disorder, single episode, in full remission

**F32.89:** Other specified depressive episodes

**F32.9:** Major depressive disorder, single episode, unspecified

**F33.1: **Major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate

**F33.2: **Major depressive disorder, recurrent, severe without psychotic features

**F33.3: **Major depressive disorder, recurrent, severe with psychotic symptoms

**F33.4: **Major depressive disorder recurrent, in remission

**F33.9: **Major depressive disorder, recurrent, unspecified

**F34.1:** Dysthymic disorder

For more on specific depression ICD-10 codes, check out [ICD-10 Codes for Depression – F32.0–F33.3](https://www.valant.io/resources/blog/icd-10-codes-for-depression/)

 

**Eating disorders**

**F50.0: **Anorexia nervosa

**F50.01: **Anorexia nervosa, restricting type

**F50.02: **Anorexia or bulimia nervosa, binge eating/purging type

**F50.81: **Binge eating disorder

**F50.82: **Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder

**F50.89: **Other specified eating disorder

**F50.9: **Eating disorder, unspecified

 

**Insomnia**

**F51.01:** Primary insomnia

**F51.02: **Adjustment insomnia

**F51.03:** Paradoxical insomnia

**F51. 04: **Psychophysiologic insomnia

**F51.05: **Insomnia due to other mental disorder

**F51.09: **Other insomnia not due to a substance or known physiological condition

 

**Obsessive-compulsive disorder**

**F42.2:** Mixed obsessional thoughts and acts

**F42.3: **Hoarding disorder. See more about hoarding in [this webinar](https://www.valant.io/resources/webinar/hoarding-and-compulsive-acquiring/).

**F42.4: **Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder

**F42.8: **Other obsessive-compulsive disorder

**F42.9: **Obsessive-compulsive disorder, unspecified

 

**Self-harm**

**Z91.51: **Personal history of suicidal behavior

**Z91.52:** Personal history of non-suicidal self-harm

**R45.88: **Non-suicidal self-harm

 

## **Suicidal Ideation**

The ICD-10 code for suicidal ideation, R45.851, is grouped separately from codes for depression and other mental health disorders. Read more about the most common symptoms of patients experiencing suicidal ideation [here](https://www.valant.io/resources/blog/icd-10-code-for-suicidal-ideation/).

**R45.85:** Homicidal and suicidal ideations

**R45.851: **Suicidal ideation

For more information on ICD-10 codes for suicidal ideation see [ICD-10 Code for Suicidal Ideation – R45.851](https://www.valant.io/resources/blog/icd-10-code-for-suicidal-ideation/)

 

## Other Useful ICD-10 Codes for Mental Health

**Altered Mental Status**

While insurers prefer descriptive ICD-10 codes, there are times when a clinician needs more information about a patient to support a more specific diagnosis. In these cases, using the code for altered mental status may be acceptable.

**R41.82: **Altered mental status, unspecified, describes a marked change in mental health status that is not attributable to other factors.

Learn more about when and when not to use the R41.82 diagnostic code [here](https://www.valant.io/resources/blog/icd-10-code-for-altered-mental-status/).

 

**Homelessness **

While the DSM-5 previously grouped all types of homelessness together, it is now subdivided into two categories: sheltered and unsheltered homelessness. Learn more about these codes and other updates to the ICD-10-CM coding in 2023 [here](https://www.valant.io/resources/blog/icd-10-2023-updates/).

**Z59.1:** Inadequate housing refers to patients who have access to homeless or domestic violence shelters or other temporary housing relief.

**Z59.02:** Unsheltered homelessness refers to patients who don’t have access to any form of adequate housing.

 

**Lack of access**

**Z59.41: **Food insecurity

**Z58.6: **Inadequate drinking-water supply

 

## Valant Makes ICD-10 Coding Simple

We hope this list of common mental health ICD-10 codes serves as a valuable shortcut for your billing and diagnostic needs. Valant also offers an [electronic health record (EHR)](https://www.valant.io/resources/blog/what-is-ehr-software/) that makes entering the right ICD-10 code simple and straightforward. For behavioral health providers, using a robust EHR system streamlines the reimbursement process – and much more.

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