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F51.8

F51.8: Other sleep disorders not due to a substance or known physiological condition

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F51.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other sleep disorders not due to a substance or known physiological condition. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check F51.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F51.8

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.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with F51.8

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

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

F51.8 is named in 14 Medicare coverage policies: 13 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
  • A56923Billing and Coding: Outpatient Sleep Studies
  • A56937Billing and Coding: Psychiatry and Psychology Services

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Parasomnia›nonorganic origin
  • Disorder›sleep›nonorganic›specified NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under F51

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.