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Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 301.5
Histrionic personality disorder
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 3 ICD-9-CM codes below 301.5 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • A disorder characterized by an enduring pattern of excessively intense and superficial emotionality, attention seeking behavior, seductive appearance and speech, self dramatization and/or theatrical behavior
  • A personality disorder characterized by overly reactive and intensely expressed or overly dramatic behavior, proneness to exaggeration, emotional excitability, and disturbances in interpersonal relationships
  • Personality disorder characterized by emotional instability, excitability, overreaction, self-dramatization, self-centeredness, and over-dependence on others
301.5 Excludes
 301.4 ICD9Data.com 301.50 
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