F343-char group
Persistent mood [affective] disorders
⇄ Primary-code rule changed vs QĐ4469
Coding rules (TT06)
- ●Avoid — more specific 4-5 char codes exist (see below)
Coding guidance (WHO 2019)
Persistent and usually fluctuating disorders of mood in which the majority of the individual episodes are not sufficiently severe to warrant being described as hypomanic or mild depressive episodes. Because they last for many years, and sometimes for the greater part of the patient's adult life, they involve considerable distress and disability. In some instances, recurrent or single manic or depressive episodes may become superimposed on a persistent affective disorder.