R41.1

R41.1: Anterograde amnesia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R41.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for anterograde amnesia. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check R41.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R41.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R41: Other symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions and awareness

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

Other codes that can never be billed with R41.1

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

F04Amnestic disorder due to known physiological condition
F44.0Dissociative amnesia

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

R41.1 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 13 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A54969Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
A56619Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Amnesia›anterograde

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.