F84.5
F84.5: Asperger's syndrome
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
F84.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for asperger's syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check F84.5 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Asperger's disorder
- Autistic psychopathy
- Schizoid disorder of childhood
Other codes that can never be billed with F84.5
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
F84.5 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 12 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
- A56614Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
- A56756Billing and Coding: Home Health - Psychiatric Care
- A56865Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Asperger's disease or syndrome
- Disorder›schizoid of childhood
- Psychopathy, psychopathic›autistic
- Schizophrenia, schizophrenic›syndrome of childhood
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.