R41

R41: Other symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions and awareness

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R41 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions and awareness. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

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

dissociative [conversion] disorders (F44.-)
mild cognitive impairment of uncertain or unknown etiology (G31.84)

Other codes that can never be billed with R41

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

F04Amnestic disorder due to known physiological condition
F05Delirium due to known physiological condition
F06.7Mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition
F44.0Dissociative amnesia
G30Alzheimer's disease
G31.1Senile degeneration of brain, not elsewhere classified
G31.84Mild cognitive impairment of uncertain or unknown etiology
G45.4Transient global amnesia

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead R41

7 child codes. Green means billable.