Y49 is the ICD-10 code for Psychotropic drugs, not elsewhere classified. It is a three-character category divided into 10 subcodes; use the subcode whenever the record supports that level of detail. It belongs to the block Y40–Y59 (Drugs, medicaments and biological substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use) in Chapter XX, External causes of morbidity and mortality.
- Code type
- Category (3 characters)
- Chapter
- XX · V01–Y98
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What Y49 excludes
Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.
Subcodes of Y49
- Y49.0Tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants
- Y49.1Monoamine-oxidase-inhibitor antidepressants
- Y49.2Other and unspecified antidepressants
- Y49.3Phenothiazine antipsychotics and neuroleptics
- Y49.4Butyrophenone and thioxanthene neuroleptics
- Y49.5Other antipsychotics and neuroleptics
- Y49.6Psychodysleptics [hallucinogens]
- Y49.7Psychostimulants with abuse potential
- Y49.8Other psychotropic drugs, not elsewhere classified
- Y49.9Psychotropic drug, unspecified
Y49 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
Y49Médicaments psychotropes, non classés ailleurs
Y49psychotrope geneesmiddelen [psychofarmaca], niet elders geclassificeerd
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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