F68.0
Elaboration of physical symptoms for psychological reasons
Coding guidance (WHO 2019)
Physical symptoms compatible with and originally due to a confirmed physical disorder, disease or disability become exaggerated or prolonged due to the psychological state of the patient. The patient is commonly distressed by this pain or disability, and is often preoccupied with worries, which may be justified, of the possibility of prolonged or progressive disability or pain. Compensation neurosis