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ICD-10-CM Code for Obsessive-compulsive behavior R46.81

ICD-10 code R46.81 for Obsessive-compulsive behavior is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .

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Obsessive-compulsive behavior
Excludes1: obsessive-compulsive disorder (F42.-)

R46

Excludes1: appearance and behavior in schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders (F20-F29)
mental and behavioral disorders (F01-F99)

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