F43.1: Post-traumatic stress disorder
You have symptoms after a very stressful event.
It may also take a while for you to react with various symptoms after a very stressful event. The stressful event can keep cropping up in one’s thoughts and dreams. This might also result in you avoiding situations that remind you of the event. You may also have less joy, feel more indifferent and withdraw from your social circle. There may also be other symptoms. For example, you may be jumpier than normal, feel tense inside or have trouble sleeping.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Note
This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.
Source
Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).
