R45.86
BillableEmotional lability
Emotional lability
Coding Notes
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
Related Codes(8)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms(101)
SNOMED CT
- Changeable mood18963009
- Emotional instability18963009
- Emotional lability18963009
- Emotionally labile18963009
- Labile in mood18963009
- Labile mood18963009
- Mood swing18963009
- Mood swings18963009
- 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
Clinical Terms
- labile mood
- Unpredictable in mood
- Mood variable
- Difficulty managing anger
- Finding related to ability to control emotions
- Changeable mood
- Mood Swing
- Feels low in the mornings
- emotional instability
- Mood Lability
- Finding related to ability to control anger
- Variable mood
- Mood swings (finding)
- Moody
- Labile in mood
- Lability emotional
- Becomes angry very easily
- Difficulty controlling emotions
- Mood swings
- Abnormal affect
- Difficult temperament
- Altered mood
- Instability emotional
- altered moods
- Mood alterations
- Mood changes
- Difficulty controlling anger
- Emotionally labile
- Cyclic mood swings
- Depression worse later in day
- Mood altered
- mood change
- Easily upset
- Disturbance in affect
- Temperamental
- Depression worse in morning
- Volatile Mood
- Diurnal variation of mood
- Labile affect
- Unstable mood
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: 416383008, 225006001, 18963009, 307076007, 247801000, 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.
How does R45.86 relate to ICF functioning codes?
ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like emotional lability affect a person's functioning: body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.
What is the ICD-11 equivalent of R45.86?
There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for R45.86 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-11. Use the ICD-10 to ICD-11 converter to search for related codes.
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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.