Adjustment Disorders ICD-10-CM Codes

Adjustment Disorders ICD-10-CM Codes

Here’s our short guide on the ICD-10 codes for adjustment disorders. Know more about the codes’ diagnoses, billability, synonyms, etc.

By Joshua Napilay on Aug 8, 2025.

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What ICD-10 Codes are Used for Adjustment Disorders? 

Here’s a list of the Adjustment disorder ICD-10 codes one can use for billing or coding:

  • F43.20: Adjustment disorder, unspecified
  • F43.21: Adjustment disorder with depressed mood
  • F43.22: Adjustment disorder with anxiety
  • F43.23: Adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
  • F43.24: Adjustment disorder with disturbance of conduct
  • F43.25: Adjustment disorder with mixed disturbance of emotions and conduct
  • F43.29: Adjustment disorder with other symptoms

Which Adjustment Disorders ICD codes are Billable: 

All the codes mentioned above, which are specific ICD codes for adjustment disorder, are billable.

Clinical Information

  • Adjustment disorders are a group of conditions wherein one has an emotional/behavioral reaction to a stressful event, such as being fired from work, a change in a relationship, or the death of a loved one. Though adjustment disorders are diagnosed primarily in children and adolescents, adults may also be affected by the disorder. 
  • Symptoms and signs vary depending on the type. There are six ways it can manifest, including anxiety, depression, disturbance of conduct, or a combination of any of these. One may experience more specific symptoms of hopelessness, lack of concentration, low self-esteem, suicidal thoughts, fatigue, indigestion, insomnia, body pain, and involuntary twitching or trembling. 
  • Mental health professionals are usually the ones who diagnose adjustment disorders. To diagnose, they will do a psychiatric evaluation and interview the patient and their loved ones, especially if the patient is young. 
  • Common treatments for adjustment disorders are therapy and, rarely, medication.

Synonyms Include:

  • Adjustment disorder
  • Adjustment reaction to medical therapy/treatment
  • Emotional crisis
  • Adjustment disorder with academic inhibition
  • Adjustment disorder with mixed emotional features
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Commonly asked questions

You can use adjustment disorder ICD codes after you’ve confirmed the diagnosis following a psychiatric evaluation and interview.

Yes, they are.

The most common and helpful treatment for adjustment disorders is therapy. However, a patient may also be asked to take certain medications to help.

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