Mental Health
38 CFR § 4.130
PTSD, depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions rated under the General Rating Formula.
More codes in this area: the guides below are highlights. Every diagnostic code in this body system is listed further down the page. Codes in a neighbouring body system, such as ears, nerves, or eyes, are on that system's own index.
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PTSD
DC 9411
Includes official VA rating criteria with schedular percentages and key evidence themes on the guide page.
Major Depressive Disorder
DC 9434
Includes official VA rating criteria with schedular percentages and key evidence themes on the guide page.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
DC 9400
Includes official VA rating criteria with schedular percentages and key evidence themes on the guide page.
Diagnostic codes in this body system
33 catalog entries in Mental health. The guides above are highlights. Each link opens that code's catalog page.
- DC 9201Schizophrenia
- DC 9208Delusional disorder
- DC 9210Other specified and unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders
- DC 9211Schizoaffective Disorder
- DC 9300Delirium
- DC 9301Major or mild neurocognitive disorder due to HIV or other infections
- DC 9304Major or mild neurocognitive disorder due to traumatic brain injury
- DC 9305Major or mild vascular neurocognitive disorder
- DC 9310Unspecified neurocognitive disorder
- DC 9312Major or mild neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer's disease
- DC 9326Major or mild neurocognitive disorder due to another medical condition or substance/medication-induced major or mild neurocognitive disorder
- DC 9400Generalized anxiety disorder
- DC 9403Specific phobia; social anxiety disorder (social phobia)
- DC 9404Obsessive compulsive disorder
- DC 9410Other specified anxiety disorder
- DC 9411Posttraumatic stress disorder
- DC 9412Panic disorder and/or agoraphobia
- DC 9413Unspecified anxiety disorder
- DC 9416Dissociative amnesia; dissociative identity disorder
- DC 9417Depersonalization/derealization disorder
- DC 9421Somatic symptom disorder
- DC 9422Other specified somatic symptom and related disorder
- DC 9423Unspecified somatic symptom and related disorder
- DC 9424Conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder)
- DC 9425Illness anxiety disorder
- DC 9431Cyclothymic disorder
- DC 9432Bipolar disorder
- DC 9433Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)
- DC 9434Major depressive disorder
- DC 9435Unspecified depressive disorder
- DC 9440Chronic adjustment disorder
- DC 9520Anorexia nervosa
- DC 9521Bulimia nervosa