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Mental Disorders VA Rating Codes
Browse 33 active diagnostic codes in mental disorders, with current criteria, notes and links to the published regulation.
The mental disorders collection covers the following named conditions and rating methods. Select a code to read its own criteria and any applicable shared formula. The section and code number identify the rule; they do not establish service connection.
- DC 9201: Schizophrenia
- DC 9208: Delusional disorder
- DC 9210: Other specified and unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders
- DC 9211: Schizoaffective disorder
- DC 9300: Delirium
- DC 9301: Major or mild neurocognitive disorder due to HIV or other infections
- DC 9304: Major or mild neurocognitive disorder due to traumatic brain injury
- DC 9305: Major or mild vascular neurocognitive disorder
- DC 9310: Unspecified neurocognitive disorder
- DC 9312: Major or mild neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer's disease
- DC 9326: Major or mild neurocognitive disorder due to another medical condition or substance/medication-induced major or mild neurocognitive disorder
- DC 9400: Generalized anxiety disorder
- DC 9403: Specific phobia; social anxiety disorder (social phobia)
- DC 9404: Obsessive compulsive disorder
- DC 9410: Other specified anxiety disorder
- DC 9411: Posttraumatic stress disorder
- DC 9412: Panic disorder and/or agoraphobia
- DC 9413: Unspecified anxiety disorder
- DC 9416: Dissociative amnesia; dissociative identity disorder
- DC 9417: Depersonalization/Derealization disorder
- DC 9421: Somatic symptom disorder
- DC 9422: Other specified somatic symptom and related disorder
- DC 9423: Unspecified somatic symptom and related disorder
- DC 9424: Conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder)
- DC 9425: Illness anxiety disorder
- DC 9431: Cyclothymic disorder
- DC 9432: Bipolar disorder
- DC 9433: Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)
- DC 9434: Major depressive disorder
- DC 9435: Unspecified depressive disorder
- DC 9440: Chronic adjustment disorder
- DC 9520: Anorexia nervosa
- DC 9521: Bulimia nervosa
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