ICD-10-CM Codes
F01-F99
F40-F48
F44-
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F44.6

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F44.6

Conversion disorder with sensory symptom or deficit

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Billable/Specific Code

F44.6 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM F44.6 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of F44.6 - other international versions of ICD-10 F44.6 may differ.

Applicable To

Conversion disorder with anesthesia or sensory loss
Conversion disorder with special sensory symptoms
Dissociative anesthesia and sensory loss
Psychogenic deafness

The following code(s) above F44.6 contain annotation back-references

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In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

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Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
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that may be applicable to F44.6:

F01-F99
2023 ICD-10-CM Range F01-F99
Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
Includes
- disorders of psychological development
Type 2 Excludes
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
F44
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F44
Dissociative and conversion disorders
Includes
- conversion hysteria
- conversion reaction
- hysteria
- hysterical psychosis
Type 2 Excludes
- malingering [conscious simulation] (Z76.5)
Dissociative and conversion disorders

Approximate Synonyms

Conversion disorder w anesthesia or sensory loss
Conversion disorder w special sensory symptom
Hysterical blindness
Psychogenic symptom of special sense organ co-occurrent and due to conversion disorder
Sensory anesthesia co-occurrent and due to conversion disorder

Clinical Information

Hearing loss without a physical basis. Often observed in patients with psychological or behavioral disorders.

ICD-10-CM F44.6 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):

880 Acute adjustment reaction and psychosocial dysfunction

Convert F44.6 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to F44.6:

Type 1 Excludes: H90.5
, H91
, R20

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H90.5
Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss
Applicable To
- Central hearing loss NOS
- Congenital deafness NOS
- Neural hearing loss NOS
- Perceptive hearing loss NOS
- Sensorineural deafness NOS
- Sensory hearing loss NOS
Type 1 Excludes
- abnormal auditory perception (H93.2-)
- psychogenic deafness (F44.6)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H91
Other and unspecified hearing loss
Type 1 Excludes
- abnormal auditory perception (H93.2-)
- hearing loss as classified in H90.-
- impacted cerumen (H61.2-)
- noise-induced hearing loss (H83.3-)
- psychogenic deafness (F44.6)
- transient ischemic deafness (H93.01-)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R20
Disturbances of skin sensation
Type 1 Excludes
- dissociative anesthesia and sensory loss (F44.6)
- psychogenic disturbances (F45.8)

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to F44.6:

Amaurosis (acquired) (congenital) - see also Blindness
- hysterical F44.6
Amblyopia (congenital) (ex anopsia) (partial) (suppression) H53.00-
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.00-
Unspecified amblyopia
- hysterical F44.6
Anesthesia, anesthetic R20.0
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R20.0
Anesthesia of skin
- dissociative F44.6
- functional F44.6 (hysterical)
- hysterical F44.6
Anosmia R43.0
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R43.0
Anosmia
- hysterical F44.6
Asthenopia - see also Discomfort, visual
- hysterical F44.6
- psychogenic F44.6
Blindness (acquired) (congenital) (both eyes) H54.0X-
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H54.0X-
Blindness, both eyes, different category levels
- emotional F44.6 (hysterical)
- hysterical F44.6
Deafmutism (acquired) (congenital) H91.3
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H91.3
Deaf nonspeaking, not elsewhere classified
- hysterical F44.6
Deafness (acquired) (complete) (hereditary) (partial) H91.9-
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H91.9-
Unspecified hearing loss
Applicable To
Deafness NOS
High frequency deafness
Low frequency deafness
- emotional F44.6 (hysterical)
- functional F44.6 (hysterical)
- hysterical F44.6
- psychogenic F44.6 (hysterical)
Disorder (of) - see also Disease
- conversion (functional neurological symptom disorder)
  - with
    - anesthesia or sensory loss F44.6
    - special sensory symptoms F44.6
- dissociative F44.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F44.9
  Dissociative and conversion disorder, unspecified
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  Applicable To
  Dissociative disorder NOS
  - affecting
    - sensation F44.6
Disturbance(s) - see also Disease
- sensation (cold) (heat) (localization) (tactile discrimination) (texture) (vibratory) R20.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R20.9
  Unspecified disturbances of skin sensation
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  - hysterical F44.6
- temperature
  - sense R20.8
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R20.8
    Other disturbances of skin sensation
    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    - hysterical F44.6
Dysesthesia R20.8
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R20.8
Other disturbances of skin sensation
- hysterical F44.6
Loss (of)
- sensory R44.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R44.9
  Unspecified symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  - dissociative F44.6
Vision, visual
- blurred, blurring H53.8
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.8
  Other visual disturbances
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  - hysterical F44.6
- disturbance H53.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.9
  Unspecified visual disturbance
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  - hysterical F44.6

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To F44.6

F43.8 Other reactions to severe stress

F43.81 Prolonged grief disorder

F43.89 Other reactions to severe stress

F43.9 Reaction to severe stress, unspecified

F44 Dissociative and conversion disorders

F44.0 Dissociative amnesia

F44.1 Dissociative fugue

F44.2 Dissociative stupor

F44.4 Conversion disorder with motor symptom or deficit

F44.5 Conversion disorder with seizures or convulsions

F44.6 Conversion disorder with sensory symptom or deficit

F44.7 Conversion disorder with mixed symptom presentation

F44.8 Other dissociative and conversion disorders

F44.81 Dissociative identity disorder

F44.89 Other dissociative and conversion disorders

F44.9 Dissociative and conversion disorder, unspecified

F45 Somatoform disorders

F45.0 Somatization disorder

F45.1 Undifferentiated somatoform disorder

F45.2 Hypochondriacal disorders

F45.20 Hypochondriacal disorder, unspecified

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F44.6

Conversion disorder with sensory symptom or deficit

Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders

Dissociative and conversion disorders

Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss

Other and unspecified hearing loss

Disturbances of skin sensation

Unspecified amblyopia

Anesthesia of skin

Anosmia

Blindness, both eyes, different category levels

Deaf nonspeaking, not elsewhere classified

Unspecified hearing loss

Dissociative and conversion disorder, unspecified

Unspecified disturbances of skin sensation

Other disturbances of skin sensation

Other disturbances of skin sensation

Unspecified symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions

Other visual disturbances

Unspecified visual disturbance