ICD-10 diagnosis code
R46.6 Undue concern and preoccupation with stressful events
R46.6 is the ICD-10 code for Undue concern and preoccupation with stressful events. It is a four-character subcategory of R46 (Symptoms and signs involving appearance and behaviour), 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
R46.6 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
R46.6Överdrivna bekymmer inför (förväntade) stressituationer
R46.6Overdreven engstelse eller bekymring ved stressituasjoner
DR466Overdreven bekymring eller optagethed af belastende oplevelser
R46.6Stressitilanteiden aiheuttama kohtuuton huolestuneisuus ja huomion kiinnittyminen
R46.6Unangemessene Betroffenheit und Beschäftigung mit Stressereignissen
R46.6Inquiétude et préoccupation exagérées pour les événements sources de tension
R46.6overmatige bezorgdheid en preoccupatie met zorgwekkende gebeurtenissen
R46.6Undue concern and preoccupation with stressful events
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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