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F42.4

Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder

Billable

Code Hierarchy

F42F42.4

Chapter: 5. Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders

Section: F40-F48 - Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders

Coding Guidelines

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with F42.4

  • L98.1 - factitial dermatitis (L98.1)
  • F98.8 - other specified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in early childhood and adolescence (F98.8)

Related Codes

F42.2Billable

Mixed obsessional thoughts and acts

F42.3Billable

Hoarding disorder

F42.8Billable

Other obsessive-compulsive disorder

F42.9Billable

Obsessive-compulsive disorder, unspecified

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