MCMedicalCodingSoftware
F48.8

F48.8: Other specified nonpsychotic mental disorders

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F48.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified nonpsychotic mental disorders. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check F48.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Dhat syndrome
  • Neurasthenia
  • Occupational neurosis, including writer's cramp
  • Psychasthenia
  • Psychasthenic neurosis
  • Psychogenic syncope

Other codes that can never be billed with F48.8

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

  • G93.3Postviral and related fatigue syndromes
  • R55Syncope and collapse

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

F48.8 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
  • A56756Billing and Coding: Home Health - Psychiatric Care
  • A57130Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Codes
  • A57480Billing and Coding: Psychiatry and Psychology Services

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Beard's disease(neurasthenia)
  • Craft neurosis
  • Dhat syndrome
  • Graphospasm
  • Janet's disease
  • Neurasthenia
  • Operational fatigue
  • Pithiatism
  • Psychasthenia
  • Railroad neurosis
  • Railway spine
  • War neurosis

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under F48

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.