F02.8
F02.8 — Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified severity
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
F02.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified severity. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
F02.8 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead F02.8
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- F02.80Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified severity, without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxiety
- F02.81Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified severity, with behavioral disturbance
- F02.82Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified severity, with psychotic disturbance
- F02.83Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified severity, with mood disturbance
- F02.84Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified severity, with anxiety
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F02. If F02.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about F02.8
- Is F02.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. F02.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does F02.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Mental disorders due to known physiological conditions (F01-F09).