F02.81
F02.81: Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified severity, with behavioral disturbance
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
F02.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified severity, with behavioral disturbance. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above F02.81
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F02.81
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with F02.81
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
F02.81 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57174Billing and Coding: MolDX: Pharmacogenomics Testing
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead F02.81
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under F02.8
- F02.80Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified severity, without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxiety
- 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