F43.0

Applicable To

• Acute crisis reaction

• Acute reaction to stress

• Combat and operational stress reaction

• Combat fatigue

• Crisis state

• Psychic shock

Approximate Synonyms

• Acute situational disturbance

• Acute stress disorder

• Fugue state due to stress reaction

• Situational disturbance, acute

• Stress reaction w fugue

• Stress reaction, fugue

Clinical Information

• A class of traumatic stress disorders that is characterized by the significant dissociative states seen immediately after overwhelming trauma. By definition it cannot last longer than 1 month, if it persists, a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder stress disorders, post-traumatic) is more appropriate.

• An anxiety disorder precipitated by an experience of intense fear or horror while exposed to a traumatic especially life-threatening) event. The disorder is characterized by dissociative symptoms; vivid recollections of the traumatic event; avoidance of stimuli associated with the traumatic event; and a constant state of hyperarousal for no more than one month.

• Disorder characterized by the development of anxiety and dissociative symptoms as a result of exposure to a traumatic event. Symptoms last at least two days and no longer than four weeks.

Details

• F43.0 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 F43.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of F43.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 F43.0 may differ.