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F43.0 - Acute stress reaction


The ICD 10 Code for Acute stress reaction is listed as F43.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: F43.0
Description: Acute stress reaction
  • Acute crisis reaction
  • Acute reaction to stress
  • Combat and operational stress reaction
  • Combat fatigue
  • Crisis state
  • Psychic shock
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
880 - Acute Adjustment Reaction & Psychosocial Dysfunction
Chapter Mental and behavioral disorders (F01-F99)
Block Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (F40-F48)
Parent F43 - Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 308.9 - Unspecified acute reaction to stress (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of F43.0:
F43.1 - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
F43.2 - Adjustment disorders
F43.8 - Other reactions to severe stress
F43.9 - Reaction to severe stress, unspecified