ICD-10-CM 2027
ICD-10 code for instability
Choose a code from the options below based on the documentation.
From the official ICD-10-CM alphabetic index entry “Instability”. Page updated September 29, 2026.
About coding instability
The official ICD-10-CM index doesn't give a single default code for instability; the code depends on the details below.
More specific instability codes (official index)
- emotional (excessive) F60.3 — Borderline personality disorder
- housing
- housed Z59.819 — Housing instability, housed unspecified
- with risk of homelessness Z59.811 — Housing instability, housed, with risk of homelessness
- homelessness in past 12 months Z59.812 — Housing instability, housed, homelessness in past 12 months
- joint (post-traumatic) M25.30 — Other instability, unspecified joint
- ankle M25.37 — Other instability, ankle and foot
- due to old ligament injury
- elbow M25.32 — Other instability, elbow
- flail
- foot M25.37 — Other instability, ankle and foot
- hand M25.34 — Other instability, hand
- hip M25.35 — Other instability, hip
- knee M25.36 — Other instability, knee
- lumbosacral
- prosthesis
- sacroiliac
- secondary to
- old ligament injury
- removal of joint prosthesis M96.89 — Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of the musculoskeletal system
- shoulder (region) M25.31 — Other instability, shoulder
- specified site NEC M25.39 — Other instability, other specified joint
- spine
- wrist M25.33 — Other instability, wrist
- knee (chronic) M23.5 — Chronic instability of knee
- lumbosacral
- nervous F48.8 — Other specified nonpsychotic mental disorders
- personality (emotional) F60.3 — Borderline personality disorder
- spine
- vasomotor R55 — Syncope and collapse
Common questions about instability ICD-10 codes
What is the ICD-10 code for emotional instability?
- F60.3 — Borderline personality disorder.
What is the ICD-10 code for joint instability?
- M25.30 — Other instability, unspecified joint.
What is the ICD-10 code for knee instability?
- M23.5 — Chronic instability of knee (header code; choose a more specific subcode).
What is the ICD-10 code for nervous instability?
- F48.8 — Other specified nonpsychotic mental disorders.
What is the ICD-10 code for personality instability?
- F60.3 — Borderline personality disorder.
What is the ICD-10 code for vasomotor instability?
- R55 — Syncope and collapse.