ICD-10 Code for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

The ICD-10-CM code for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is F41.1 — Generalized anxiety disorder. It is billable for FY2027.

F41.1 billable

Generalized anxiety disorder ICD-10 codes at a glance

ConditionGeneralized anxiety disorder (GAD)
CodeF41.1 — Generalized anxiety disorder
BillableYes (F41.1)
Alphabetic Index entryDisorder, overanxious
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027, valid October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

What changes the generalized anxiety disorder code?

The Alphabetic Index lists these qualifiers under Disorder, overanxious. If the record documents one of them, the code changes. Verify the code in the Tabular List before reporting it.

of childhoodF93.8Other childhood emotional disorders

What does the Tabular List say about F41.1?

The instructional notes that govern F41.1, including those it inherits from its category and chapter. An Excludes1 note means the two codes are never reported together.

Excludes2 — not included here

The conditions below are not part of F41.1, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, F41.1 and the excluded code may both be reported.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to F41.1.

  • Anxiety neurosis
  • Anxiety reaction
  • Anxiety state
  • Overanxious disorder

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 5

The conditions below are not part of F41.1, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, F41.1 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from F41

The conditions below are not part of F41.1, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, F41.1 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • anxiety in:
  • acute stress reaction (F43.0)
  • transient adjustment reaction (F43.2)
  • neurasthenia (F48.8)
  • psychophysiologic disorders (F45.-)
  • separation anxiety (F93.0)

Codes, descriptions and Index entries are from the official ICD-10-CM FY2027 release. Guideline text is quoted from the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting FY 2027. A code must always be verified in the Tabular List before it is reported. Data sources