F42.4 Billable Code
Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder
Effective From: 10/01/2016
Chapter Classification
Chapter 5
Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)
Section Detail
F40-F48
Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (F40-F48)
Code Hierarchy
This code is a child of F42.
Coding Guidelines & Notes
excludes1
- factitial dermatitis (L98.1)
- other specified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in early childhood and adolescence (F98.8)
OPPS Editing Flags
External Cause
No
Mental Health
Yes
Manifestation (Edit 89)
No
Code First Applicable This code represents a manifestation of an underlying disease. The underlying condition must be coded first as the principal diagnosis.
No
Unacceptable PDX (Edit 113)
No
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