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F51.3

F51.3: Sleepwalking [somnambulism]

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F51.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for sleepwalking [somnambulism]. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

  • Non-rapid eye movement sleep arousal disorders, sleepwalking type

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F51.3

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

Written on F51: Sleep disorders not due to a substance or known physiological condition

  • organic sleep disorders (G47.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

F51.3 is named in 16 Medicare coverage policies: 14 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 2 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
  • A56865Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalizationnot covered
  • A56903Billing and Coding: Polysomnography and Other Sleep Studies
  • A56923Billing and Coding: Outpatient Sleep Studies

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Somnambulism
  • Insomnia›learned
  • Sleep›walking
  • Walking›sleep
  • Disorder›non-rapid eye movement sleep arousal›sleepwalking type
  • Disorder›sleep›walking

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under F51

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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