R41.8

R41.8: Other symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions and awareness

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R41.8 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 inherited from the categories above R41.8

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 R41.8

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

F06.7Mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition
G30Alzheimer's disease
G31.1Senile degeneration of brain, not elsewhere classified
G31.84Mild cognitive impairment of uncertain or unknown etiology
R41.4Neurologic neglect syndrome
R54Age-related physical debility

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 R41.8

6 child codes. Green means billable.