R45.5 is the ICD-10 code for Hostility. It is a four-character subcategory of R45 (Symptoms and signs involving emotional state), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block R40–R46 (Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behaviour) in Chapter XVIII, Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified.
- Code type
- Subcategory (4 characters)
- Chapter
- XVIII · R00–R99
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
R45.5 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
R45.5Fientlig attityd
R45.5Fiendtlighet
DR455Fjendtlig
R45.5Vihamielisyys
R45.5Feindseligkeit
R45.5Hostilité
R45.5vijandigheid
R45.5Hostility
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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