For The Record. Vol. 24 No. 12 P. 14. Whether paper, electronic, or a combination of both, patient files must be retained. But how long to keep them is just one issue that needs to be addressed to make the process less cumbersome.
Adjustment disorder is an unexpectedly strong emotional or behavioral reaction that occurs in response to an identifiable stressful life event or life change that occurred within the previous three months.eep in mind that the definition of adjustment disorder does not allow the symptoms to last longer than six months after the stressor has terminated. A chronic diagnosis is only allowed if the stressful event or life change is persistent.
Adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood. 1  Short description: Adjust dis w anxiety/dep. 2  ICD-9-CM 309.28 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 309.28 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes). 2  You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM 309.28. 3  More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 309.28: 2014 2015.