F03.A
F03.A — Unspecified dementia, mild
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
F03.A is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified dementia, 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
F03.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 F03.A
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- F03.A0Unspecified dementia, mild, without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxiety
- F03.A1Unspecified dementia, mild, with behavioral disturbance
- F03.A2Unspecified dementia, mild, with psychotic disturbance
- F03.A3Unspecified dementia, mild, with mood disturbance
- F03.A4Unspecified dementia, mild, with anxiety
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F03. If F03.A is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about F03.A
- Is F03.A a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. F03.A is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does F03.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 F03.A?
- F03.A carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.