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R40.1

R40.1: Stupor

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R40.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for stupor. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check R40.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

Inclusion terms

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

  • Catatonic stupor
  • Semicoma

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R40.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R40: Somnolence, stupor and coma

  • neonatal coma (P91.5)
  • somnolence, stupor and coma in diabetes (E08-E13)
  • somnolence, stupor and coma in hepatic failure (K72.-)
  • somnolence, stupor and coma in hypoglycemia (nondiabetic) (E15)

Other codes that can never be billed with R40.1

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

  • F06.1Catatonic disorder due to known physiological condition
  • F20.2Catatonic schizophrenia
  • F44.2Dissociative stupor
  • R41.82Altered mental status, unspecified
  • R46.4Slowness and poor responsiveness

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

R40.1 is named in 27 Medicare coverage policies: 27 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A54799Billing and Coding: Urine Drug Testing
  • A55001Billing and Coding: Urine Drug Testing
  • A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
  • A56614Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Clouded state
  • Semicoma
  • Stupor(catatonic)
  • Catatonic›stupor

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under R40

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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