F02.A1

F02.A1: Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, mild, with behavioral disturbance

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

F02.A1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, mild, 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.A1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on F02.A: Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, mild

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

Written on F02: Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere

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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F02.A1

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on F02: Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere

dementia in alcohol and psychoactive substance disorders (F10-F19, with .17, .27, .97)
vascular dementia (F01.5-, F01.A-, F01.B-, F01.C-)

Other codes that can never be billed with F02.A1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

F06.7Mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition
G31.84Mild cognitive impairment of uncertain or unknown etiology

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead F02.A1

2 child codes. Green means billable.