The Most Frequently Used ICD-10 Codes in Behavioral Health in 2017
January 5, 2018
Top 25 ICD-10 codes
Curious about the top ICD-10 codes being used by your fellow SimplePractice customers in 2017? Great news! We combined data from all of our customers in 2017 and came up with the top 25 ICD-10 diagnostic codes.
The table below includes the most commonly used ICD-10 diagnoses in 2017.
| Rank | ICD 10 code | Diagnosis |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | F41.1 | Generalized anxiety disorder |
| 2 | F43.23 | Adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood |
| 3 | F43.22 | Adjustment disorder with anxiety |
| 4 | F33.1 | Major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate |
| 5 | F43.20 | Adjustment disorder, unspecified |
| 6 | F41.9 | Anxiety disorder, unspecified |
| 7 | F43.21 | Adjustment disorder with depressed mood |
| 8 | Z63.0 | Problems in relationship with spouse or partner |
| 9 | F43.12 | Post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic |
| 10 | F34.1 | Dysthymic disorder |
| 11 | F43.10 | Post-traumatic stress disorder, unspecified |
| 12 | F32.1 | Major depressive disorder, single episode, moderate |
| 13 | F33.0 | Major depressive disorder, recurrent, mild |
| 14 | F32.9 | Major depressive disorder, single episode, unspecified |
| 15 | F90.2 | Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, combined type |
| 16 | F60.9 | Personality disorder, unspecified |
| 17 | F40.228 | Other natural environment type phobia |
| 18 | F43.25 | Adjustment disorder w mixed disturb of emotions and conduct |
| 19 | F06.1 | Catatonic disorder due to known physiological condition |
| 20 | F33.2 | Major depressive disorder, recurrent severe without psychotic features |
| 21 | F41.0 | Panic disorder without agoraphobia |
| 22 | F90.0 | Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, predominantly inattentive type |
| 23 | F32.0 | Major depressive disorder, single episode, mild |
| 24 | F42.2 | Mixed obsessional thoughts and acts |
| 25 | F84.0 | Childhood autism |
NOTE: Check out our previous post on the top ICD-codes in 2015.
Top diagnoses categories
To get a better understanding of the top diagnoses made in 2017, we then collapsed the 25 codes listed above into nine categories.
| Rank | Category | % of total diagnosis |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders (F43) | 39% |
| 2 | Anxiety disorders (F40, F41) | 27% |
| 3 | Depressive disorders (F32, F33, F34) | 20% |
| 4 | Z Codes | 5% |
| 5 | Neurodevelopmental disorders | 4% |
| 6 | Specific personality disorders | 2% |
| 7 | Other mental disorders due to known physiological condition | 2% |
| 8 | Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders | 1% |
| 9 | Pervasive developmental disorders | 1% |
| Total | 100% |
As shown above, the top the top three diagnoses diagnosis categories in 2017—trauma, anxiety, and depressive disorders—made up 86% of the total diagnoses. The next five categories combined made up the remaining 14%.
NOTE: This list is provided for informational purposes only and is not exhaustive or exclusive. The codes included are based on SimplePractice customer’s most frequently utilized diagnosis codes in 2017.
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