ICD-10-CM Code F03.9
Unspecified dementia
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code F03.9 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of F03.9 that describes the diagnosis 'unspecified dementia' in more detail.
- F03.9 Unspecified dementia NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code F03 is used to code Dementia
Dementia, also known as senility, is a broad category of brain diseases that cause a long term and often gradual decrease in the ability to think and remember that is great enough to affect a person's daily functioning. Other common symptoms include emotional problems, problems with language, and a decrease in motivation. A person's consciousness is usually not affected. A dementia diagnosis requires a change from a person's usual mental functioning and a greater decline than one would expect due to aging. These diseases also have a significant effect on a person's caregivers.
| Specialty: | Neurology, Psychiatry |
| MeSH Codes: | D003704, D003704 |
| ICD 9 Codes: | 290, 294 |
Comparison of a normal aged brain (left) and the brain of a person with Alzheimer's (right). Differential characteristics are pointed out.
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'F03.9 - Unspecified dementia'
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Parent Code: F03 - Unspecified dementia