ICD-10-CM code · FY2027

F44.5 Conversion disorder with seizures or convulsions

BillableValid for claims as a specific diagnosis code

About F44.5

Code
F44.5
Billable
Yes
Short description
Conversion disorder with seizures or convulsions
Category
F44 Dissociative and conversion disorders
Block
F40-F48 Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders
Chapter
5 Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
Code set
FY2027, October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027
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Coding notes for F44.5

Applicable to Other names for conditions reported with this code.

  • Conversion disorder with attacks or seizures
  • Dissociative convulsions

Also applies, from F44 Dissociative and conversion disorders

Includes Conditions this code covers.

  • conversion hysteria
  • conversion reaction
  • hysteria
  • hysterical psychosis

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

  • malingering [conscious simulation] (Z76.5)
Chapter 5 notes (apply to every code in it)

Includes Conditions this code covers.

  • disorders of psychological development

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

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ICD-10-CM FY2027 code set, as published by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and CMS, effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027. Codes, titles and notes are shown as published. Check payer rules and the official guidelines before billing. This page is not medical advice.