Is F44.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. F44.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does F44.8 sit in the tabular list?

Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (F40-F48).

F44.8

F44.8 — Other dissociative and conversion disorders

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

F44.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other dissociative and conversion disorders. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F44.8

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of F44.8, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

Written on F44 — Dissociative and conversion disorders

malingering [conscious simulation] (Z76.5)

Other codes that can never be billed with F44.8

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at F44.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading F44.8 alone.

R41Other symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions and awareness

Risk adjustment

F44.8 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 history

F44.8 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead F44.8

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share F44. If F44.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about F44.8

Is F44.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. F44.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does F44.8 sit in the tabular list?: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (F40-F48).