ICD-10 diagnosis code

R46 Symptoms and signs involving appearance and behaviour

R46 is the ICD-10 code for Symptoms and signs involving appearance and behaviour. It is a three-character category divided into 9 subcodes; use the subcode whenever the record supports that level of detail. 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: Category (3 characters)
Chapter: XVIII · R00–R99
Classification: WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

Subcodes of R46

R46 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

R46Symtom och sjukdomstecken avseende utseende och uppträdande

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DR46Symptomer og abnorme fund vedrørende udseende og opførsel

FinlandICD-10-FI

R46Ulkomuotoon ja käyttäytymiseen liittyvät oireet ja sairaudenmerkit

GermanyICD-10-GM

R46Symptome, die das äußere Erscheinungsbild und das Verhalten betreffen

FranceICD-10-FR

R46Symptômes et signes relatifs à l'apparence et au comportement

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

R46symptomen betreffende uiterlijk en gedrag

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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