F44
Header — not billableDissociative and conversion disorders
The ICD-10 code for dissociative and conversion disorders is F44.
F44 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 9 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
- malingering [conscious simulation] (Z76.5)
Includes
Terms listed here further define or give examples of the conditions grouped under this code — they describe what the code covers, not a separate diagnosis.
- conversion hysteria
- conversion reaction
- hysteria
- hysterical psychosis
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under F44
- F44.0Dissociative amnesia
- F44.1Dissociative fugue
- F44.2Dissociative stupor
- F44.4Conversion disorder with motor symptom or deficit
- F44.5Conversion disorder with seizures or convulsions
- F44.6Conversion disorder with sensory symptom or deficit
- F44.7Conversion disorder with mixed symptom presentation
- F44.8Other dissociative and conversion disordersnon-billable header
- F44.9Dissociative and conversion disorder, unspecified
Related codes in this category
- F40Phobic anxiety disordersnon-billable header
- F41Other anxiety disordersnon-billable header
- F42Obsessive-compulsive disordernon-billable header
- F43Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disordersnon-billable header
- F45Somatoform disordersnon-billable header
- F48Other nonpsychotic mental disordersnon-billable header
- F44Dissociative and conversion disordersnon-billable header