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F51.9

F51.9: Sleep disorder not due to a substance or known physiological condition, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F51.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for sleep disorder not due to a substance or known physiological condition, unspecified. 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.

  • Emotional sleep disorder NOS

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F51.9

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

F51.9 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 3 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
  • A57052Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
  • A57053Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization Programs
  • A57780Billing and Coding: Psychological and Neuropsychological Tests

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Drunkenness›sleep
  • Problem›sleep disorder, child
  • Sleep›drunkenness
  • Disorder›psychogenic NOS›sleep
  • Disorder›sleep›emotional
  • Disorder›sleep›nonorganic
  • Disturbance›sleep›nonorganic origin
  • Sleep›disorder or disturbance›child
  • Sleep›disorder or disturbance›nonorganic origin
  • Sleep›disturbance›nonorganic origin

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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