F43.20

Approximate Synonyms

• Adjustment disorder

• Adjustment reaction to medical therapy

• Adjustment reaction to medical treatment

• Bereavement

• Emotional crisis

• Emotional upset

• Grief reaction

Clinical Information

• A category of psychiatric disorders which are characterized by emotional or behavioral symptoms that develop within 3 months of a stressor and do not persist for more than an additional 6 months after the stressor is no longer present.

• A condition in which a person responds to a stressful event such as an illness, job loss, or divorce) with extreme emotions and actions that cause problems at work and home.

• Maladaptive reaction to psychosocial stressors which impairs social or occupational functioning. Usually a temporary condition that remits after new levels of adaptation are obtained or stressors have been removed.

• Maladaptive reactions to identifiable psychosocial stressors occurring within a short time after onset of the stressor. They are manifested by either impairment in social or occupational functioning or by symptoms depression, anxiety, etc.) that are in excess of a normal and expected reaction to the stressor.

Details

• F43.20 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 F43.20 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of F43.20 – other international versions of ICD-10 F43.20 may differ.