F44.81 — Dissociative identity disorder
F44.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for dissociative identity disorder. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Multiple personality disorder
Risk adjustment
F44.81 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to these categories:
- HCC 153 Personality Disorders; Anorexia/Bulimia Nervosa0.396 RAF
- HCC 153 Personality Disorders; Anorexia/Bulimia Nervosa0.396 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
F44.81 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies — 12 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
- A56645Billing and Coding: Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing
- A56756Billing and Coding: Home Health - Psychiatric Care
- A56937Billing and Coding: Psychiatry and Psychology Services
How F44.81 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to F44.81.
- Disorder›multiple personality
- Multiple, multiplex›personality
- Personality›dual
- Personality›multiple
- Disorder›identity›dissociative
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F44.8. If F44.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about F44.81
- Is F44.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. F44.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does F44.81 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).