F20.2

Applicable To

• Schizophrenic catalepsy

• Schizophrenic catatonia

• Schizophrenic flexibilitas cerea

Approximate Synonyms

• Acute exacerbation of chronic catatonic schizophrenia

• Acute exacerbation of subchronic catatonic schizophrenia

• Catatonia

• Catatonia, chronic with exacerbation

• Chronic catatonic schizophrenia

• Schizophrenia w catatonia

• Schizophrenia with acute exacerbation

• Schizophrenia, catatonic

• Schizophrenia, catatonic, chronic

• Schizophrenia, catatonic, subchronic

• Subchronic catatonic schizophrenia

Clinical Information

• A subtype of schizophrenia characterized by a psychomotor disturbance that may involve motoric immobility, excessive motor activity, extreme negativism or mutism, peculiarities of voluntary movement, echolalia, and/or echopraxia.

• A type of schizophrenia characterized by abnormality of motor behavior which may involve particular forms of stupor, rigidity, excitement or inappropriate posture.

Details

• F20.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM F20.2 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of F20.2 – other international versions of ICD-10 F20.2 may differ.