R45.83 Excessive crying of child, adolescent or adult

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Excludes1 (never code together)

• excessive crying of infant (baby) R68.11

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 947-948 in MDC 23.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 780.95 Excessive crying of child, adolescent, or adult

Code annotations containing back-references to R45.83

Back-references to R45.83

• Type 1 Excludes: R68.11 Excessive crying of infant (baby) ("excessive crying of child, adolescent, or adult (R45.83)")

Back-references to R45

• Type 1 Excludes: F07.0 Personality change due to known physiological condition ("signs and symptoms involving emotional state (R45.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for R45.83

• Crying (constant) (continuous) (excessive) › child, adolescent, or adult
• Excess, excessive, excessively › crying › in child, adolescent, or adult

Nearby codes

• R45.6 Violent behavior
• R45.7 State of emotional shock and stress, unspecified
• R45.8 Other symptoms and signs involving emotional state
• R45.81 Low self-esteem
• R45.82 Worries
• R45.83 Excessive crying of child, adolescent or adult (this code)
• R45.84 Anhedonia
• R45.85 Homicidal and suicidal ideations
• R45.850 Homicidal ideations
• R45.851 Suicidal ideations
• R45.86 Emotional lability