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F48.2

Pseudobulbar affect

Billable

Code Hierarchy

F48F48.2

Chapter: 5. Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders

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

Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Involuntary emotional expression disorder

Code First

  • underlying cause, if known, such as:
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (G12.21)
  • multiple sclerosis (G35-)
  • sequelae of cerebrovascular disease (I69.-)
  • sequelae of traumatic intracranial injury (S06.-)

Related Codes

F48.1Billable

Depersonalization-derealization syndrome

F48.8Billable

Other specified nonpsychotic mental disorders

F48.9Billable

Nonpsychotic mental disorder, unspecified

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