R45.86
BillableEmotional lability
Emotional lability
Coding Notes
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
- Mood swing18963009
- Mood swings18963009
- Changeable mood18963009
- Emotional instability18963009
- Emotional lability18963009
- Emotionally labile18963009
- Labile in mood18963009
- Labile mood18963009
- Unstable mood18963009
- Variable mood18963009
- Labile affect88729006
- Becomes angry very easily225006001
- Easily upset225653004
- Difficult temperament225654005
- Temperamental225654005
- Unpredictable in mood225656007
- Volatile Mood225657003
- Diurnal variation of mood247800004
- Depression worse in morning247801000
- Feels low in the mornings247801000
- Depression worse later in day247802007
- Difficulty controlling anger285849008
- Difficulty managing anger285849008
- Difficulty controlling emotions285852000
- Moody286641001
- Cyclic mood swings307076007
- Finding related to ability to control emotions365197001
- Finding related to ability to control anger365208007
- Abnormal affect416383008
- Disturbance in affect416383008
UMLS
- Altered moodC0085633
- Changeable moodC0085633
- Emotional LabilityC0085633
- Emotional instabilityC0085633
- Emotional labilityC0085633
- Emotionally labileC0085633
- Instability emotionalC0085633
- Labile in moodC0085633
- Labile moodC0085633
- Lability emotionalC0085633
- Mood LabilityC0085633
- Mood SwingC0085633
- Mood alterationsC0085633
- Mood alteredC0085633
- Mood changeC0085633
- Mood changesC0085633
- Mood labilityC0085633
- Mood swingC0085633
- Mood swingsC0085633
- Mood swings (finding)C0085633
- Mood variableC0085633
- Unstable moodC0085633
- Variable moodC0085633
- altered moodsC0085633
- emotional instabilityC0085633
- emotional labilityC0085633
- emotionally labileC0085633
- labile moodC0085633
- mood changeC0085633
- mood swingC0085633
- mood swingsC0085633
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ICD-10 code for emotional lability?
The ICD-10-CM code for emotional lability is R45.86. The full clinical description is "Emotional lability". R45.86 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.
What does ICD-10 code R45.86 mean?
ICD-10-CM code R45.86 represents "Emotional lability". It is classified under Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is R45.86 a billable code?
Yes, R45.86 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is R45.86 in?
R45.86 is in Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings (codes R00-R99).
What SNOMED CT codes does R45.86 map to?
R45.86 maps to 17 SNOMED CT concepts: 286641001, 18963009, 416383008, 225006001, 307076007, and 12 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for R45.86?
R45.86 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0085633. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.