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ICD-10 Code R40.1: Stupor

R40.1 is a billable ICD-10 diagnosis code used to classify Stupor in medical records and claims. You may see this code in hospital records, discharge summaries, insurance claims, encounter documentation, referrals, or other healthcare billing and coding records. ICD-10 codes are diagnosis classification codes used in healthcare records, reporting, coding workflows, and billing support. This code sits within the broader ICD-10 area for Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).

Reviewed by HealthAssure Clinical TeamUpdated 26 May 2026

What is this code?

ICD-10 codes are diagnosis classification codes used in healthcare records, reporting, coding workflows, and billing support. This code sits within the broader ICD-10 area for Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).

When is it used?

  • May be used when a clinician documents stupor in a patient's medical record.
  • May appear in hospital records, claims, referrals, and clinical documentation.
  • This code can be used as a clinically usable diagnosis entry in standardized coding workflows.

What it does not mean

  • A code alone does not explain severity, treatment plan, or outcome.
  • A medical code should not be treated as a substitute for a doctor's diagnosis or advice.

Code hierarchy

chapter
18Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
block
R40-R46Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behavior
category
R40Somnolence, stupor and coma
currentR40

Official coding notes

Inclusion terms
  • Catatonic stupor
  • Semicoma
Excludes1 (do not code together)
  • catatonic schizophrenia (F20.2)
  • coma (R40.2-)
  • depressive stupor (F31.-, F32.-, F33.-)
  • dissociative stupor (F44.2)
  • manic stupor (F30.2)

Where you may see this code

You may see this code in hospital records, discharge summaries, insurance claims, encounter documentation, referrals, or other healthcare billing and coding records.

Related specialists

General Physician

Coverage-related procedures and services

HCPCS G0480high
DRUG TEST(S), DEFINITIVE, UTILIZING (1) DRUG IDENTIFICATION METHODS ABLE TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL DRUGS AND DISTINGUISH BETWEEN STRUCTURAL ISOMERS (BUT NOT NECESSARILY STEREOISOMERS), INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO GC/MS (ANY TYPE, SINGLE OR TANDEM) AND LC/MS (ANY TYPE, SINGLE OR TANDEM AND EXCLUDING IMMUNOASSAYS (E.G., IA, EIA, ELISA, EMIT, FPIA) AND ENZYMATIC METHODS (E.G., ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE)), (2) STABLE ISOTOPE OR OTHER UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED INTERNAL STANDARDS IN ALL SAMPLES (E.G., TO CONTROL FOR MATRIX EFFECTS, INTERFERENCES AND VARIATIONS IN SIGNAL STRENGTH), AND (3) METHOD OR DRUG-SPECIFIC CALIBRATION AND MATRIX-MATCHED QUALITY CONTROL MATERIAL (E.G., TO CONTROL FOR INSTRUMENT VARIATIONS AND MASS SPECTRAL DRIFT); QUALITATIVE OR QUANTITATIVE, ALL SOURCES, INCLUDES SPECIMEN VALIDITY TESTING, PER DAY; 1-7 DRUG CLASS(ES), INCLUDING METABOLITE(S) IF PERFORMED
Source: CMS coverage guidance
HCPCS G0482high
DRUG TEST(S), DEFINITIVE, UTILIZING (1) DRUG IDENTIFICATION METHODS ABLE TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL DRUGS AND DISTINGUISH BETWEEN STRUCTURAL ISOMERS (BUT NOT NECESSARILY STEREOISOMERS), INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO GC/MS (ANY TYPE, SINGLE OR TANDEM) AND LC/MS (ANY TYPE, SINGLE OR TANDEM AND EXCLUDING IMMUNOASSAYS (E.G., IA, EIA, ELISA, EMIT, FPIA) AND ENZYMATIC METHODS (E.G., ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE)), (2) STABLE ISOTOPE OR OTHER UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED INTERNAL STANDARDS IN ALL SAMPLES (E.G., TO CONTROL FOR MATRIX EFFECTS, INTERFERENCES AND VARIATIONS IN SIGNAL STRENGTH), AND (3) METHOD OR DRUG-SPECIFIC CALIBRATION AND MATRIX-MATCHED QUALITY CONTROL MATERIAL (E.G., TO CONTROL FOR INSTRUMENT VARIATIONS AND MASS SPECTRAL DRIFT); QUALITATIVE OR QUANTITATIVE, ALL SOURCES, INCLUDES SPECIMEN VALIDITY TESTING, PER DAY; 15-21 DRUG CLASS(ES), INCLUDING METABOLITE(S) IF PERFORMED
Source: CMS coverage guidance
HCPCS G0483high
DRUG TEST(S), DEFINITIVE, UTILIZING (1) DRUG IDENTIFICATION METHODS ABLE TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL DRUGS AND DISTINGUISH BETWEEN STRUCTURAL ISOMERS (BUT NOT NECESSARILY STEREOISOMERS), INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO GC/MS (ANY TYPE, SINGLE OR TANDEM) AND LC/MS (ANY TYPE, SINGLE OR TANDEM AND EXCLUDING IMMUNOASSAYS (E.G., IA, EIA, ELISA, EMIT, FPIA) AND ENZYMATIC METHODS (E.G., ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE)), (2) STABLE ISOTOPE OR OTHER UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED INTERNAL STANDARDS IN ALL SAMPLES (E.G., TO CONTROL FOR MATRIX EFFECTS, INTERFERENCES AND VARIATIONS IN SIGNAL STRENGTH), AND (3) METHOD OR DRUG-SPECIFIC CALIBRATION AND MATRIX-MATCHED QUALITY CONTROL MATERIAL (E.G., TO CONTROL FOR INSTRUMENT VARIATIONS AND MASS SPECTRAL DRIFT); QUALITATIVE OR QUANTITATIVE, ALL SOURCES, INCLUDES SPECIMEN VALIDITY TESTING, PER DAY; 22 OR MORE DRUG CLASS(ES), INCLUDING METABOLITE(S) IF PERFORMED
Source: CMS coverage guidance
HCPCS G0481high
DRUG TEST(S), DEFINITIVE, UTILIZING (1) DRUG IDENTIFICATION METHODS ABLE TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL DRUGS AND DISTINGUISH BETWEEN STRUCTURAL ISOMERS (BUT NOT NECESSARILY STEREOISOMERS), INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO GC/MS (ANY TYPE, SINGLE OR TANDEM) AND LC/MS (ANY TYPE, SINGLE OR TANDEM AND EXCLUDING IMMUNOASSAYS (E.G., IA, EIA, ELISA, EMIT, FPIA) AND ENZYMATIC METHODS (E.G., ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE)), (2) STABLE ISOTOPE OR OTHER UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED INTERNAL STANDARDS IN ALL SAMPLES (E.G., TO CONTROL FOR MATRIX EFFECTS, INTERFERENCES AND VARIATIONS IN SIGNAL STRENGTH), AND (3) METHOD OR DRUG-SPECIFIC CALIBRATION AND MATRIX-MATCHED QUALITY CONTROL MATERIAL (E.G., TO CONTROL FOR INSTRUMENT VARIATIONS AND MASS SPECTRAL DRIFT); QUALITATIVE OR QUANTITATIVE, ALL SOURCES, INCLUDES SPECIMEN VALIDITY TESTING, PER DAY; 8-14 DRUG CLASS(ES), INCLUDING METABOLITE(S) IF PERFORMED
Source: CMS coverage guidance
HCPCS G0659high
DRUG TEST(S), DEFINITIVE, UTILIZING DRUG IDENTIFICATION METHODS ABLE TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL DRUGS AND DISTINGUISH BETWEEN STRUCTURAL ISOMERS (BUT NOT NECESSARILY STEREOISOMERS), INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO GC/MS (ANY TYPE, SINGLE OR TANDEM) AND LC/MS (ANY TYPE, SINGLE OR TANDEM), EXCLUDING IMMUNOASSAYS (E.G., IA, EIA, ELISA, EMIT, FPIA) AND ENZYMATIC METHODS (E.G., ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE), PERFORMED WITHOUT METHOD OR DRUG-SPECIFIC CALIBRATION, WITHOUT MATRIX-MATCHED QUALITY CONTROL MATERIAL, OR WITHOUT USE OF STABLE ISOTOPE OR OTHER UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED INTERNAL STANDARD(S) FOR EACH DRUG, DRUG METABOLITE OR DRUG CLASS PER SPECIMEN; QUALITATIVE OR QUANTITATIVE, ALL SOURCES, INCLUDES SPECIMEN VALIDITY TESTING, PER DAY, ANY NUMBER OF DRUG CLASSES
Source: CMS coverage guidance
CPT 80307high
DRUG TEST(S), PRESUMPTIVE, ANY NUMBER OF DRUG CLASSES, ANY NUMBER OF DEVICES OR PROCEDURES; BY INSTRUMENT CHEMISTRY ANALYZERS (EG, UTILIZING IMMUNOASSAY [EG, EIA, ELISA, EMIT, FPIA, IA, KIMS, RIA]), CHROMATOGRAPHY (EG, GC, HPLC), AND MASS SPECTROMETRY EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT CHROMATOGRAPHY, (EG, DART, DESI, GC-MS, GC-MS/MS, LC-MS, LC-MS/MS, LDTD, MALDI, TOF) INCLUDES SAMPLE VALIDATION WHEN PERFORMED, PER DATE OF SERVICE
Source: CMS coverage guidance

Coding guidelines

Compatibility

Legacy and official ICD code match exactly.
Legacy codes
R40.1

Common synonyms

Stupor

Frequently asked questions

Code details

CodeR40.1
SystemICD10
Display nameStupor
ChapterSymptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
BlockSymptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behavior

Flags

BillableYes
Valid clinical useYes

Source

SourceICD-10
Version2026-annual
Releaseannual
Year2026

Index terms

Matched terms
CatatonicClouded stateSemicomaStupor(catatonic)

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