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F48.2 - Pseudobulbar affect


The ICD 10 Code for Pseudobulbar affect is listed as F48.2.
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: F48.2
Description: Pseudobulbar affect
  • 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.-)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
056 - Degenerative Nervous System Disorders W Mcc
057 - Degenerative Nervous System Disorders W/o Mcc
Chapter Mental and behavioral disorders (F01-F99)
Block Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (F40-F48)
Parent F48 - Other nonpsychotic mental disorders
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 310.81 - Pseudobulbar affect
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of F48.2:
F48.1 - Depersonalization-derealization syndrome
F48.8 - Other specified nonpsychotic mental disorders
F48.9 - Nonpsychotic mental disorder, unspecified