Is F02.A a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. F02.A is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does F02.A sit in the tabular list?

Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Mental disorders due to known physiological conditions (F01-F09).

What cannot be coded together with F02.A?

F02.A carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

F02.A

F02.A — Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, mild

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

F02.A is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, mild. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition with or without behavioral disturbance (F06.7-)

Risk adjustment

F02.A 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.A

5 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share F02. If F02.A is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about F02.A

Is F02.A a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. F02.A is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does F02.A sit in the tabular list?: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Mental disorders due to known physiological conditions (F01-F09).
What cannot be coded together with F02.A?: F02.A carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.