F41.9

Applicable To

• Anxiety NOS

Approximate Synonyms

• Anxiety

• Anxiety disorder

• Anxiety in childbirth

• Anxiety in pregnancy

• Anxiety in pregnancy antepartum before childbirth)

• Anxiety postpartum

• Anxiety, chronic

• Chronic anxiety

• Postpartum anxiety after childbirth)

Clinical Information

• A category of psychiatric disorders which are characterized by anxious feelings or fear often accompanied by physical symptoms associated with anxiety.

• A disorder characterized by apprehension of danger and dread accompanied by restlessness, tension, tachycardia, and dyspnea unattached to a clearly identifiable stimulus.

• Disorders characterized by anxiety or dread without apparent object or cause. Symptoms include irritability, anxious expectations, pangs of conscience, anxiety attacks, or phobias.

• General term for the group of specific, anxiety-related, avoidance- prone disorders listed as nts.

• Persistent and disabling anxiety.

Details

• F41.9 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 F41.9 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of F41.9 – other international versions of ICD-10 F41.9 may differ.