F95.9 — Tic disorder, unspecified
F95.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for tic disorder, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Tic NOS
Other codes that can never be billed with F95.9
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at F95.9. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading F95.9 alone.
- G25.69Other tics of organic origin
Risk adjustment
F95.9 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
F95.9 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies — 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
- A56937Billing and Coding: Psychiatry and Psychology Services
- A57065Billing and Coding: Outpatient Psychiatry and Psychology Services
- A57480Billing and Coding: Psychiatry and Psychology Services
How F95.9 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to F95.9.
- Tic(disorder)
- Compulsion, compulsive›tics and spasms
- Spasm, spastic, spasticity›tic
- Tic›habit
- Tic›spasm(motor or vocal)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F95. If F95.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about F95.9
- Is F95.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. F95.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does F95.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence (F90-F98).