ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
F03.A11 Unspecified dementia, mild, with agitation
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Coding notes for F03.A11
Applicable to Other names for conditions reported with this code.
- Unspecified dementia, mild, with aberrant motor behavior such as restlessness, rocking, pacing, or exit-seeking
- Unspecified dementia, mild, with verbal or physical behaviors such as profanity, shouting, threatening, anger, aggression, combativeness, or violence
Also applies, from F03.A Unspecified dementia, mild
Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).
- mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition with or without behavioral disturbance (F06.7-)
Also applies, from F03 Unspecified dementia
Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.
Block F01-F09 notes (apply to every code in it)
Note
- This block comprises a range of mental disorders grouped together on the basis of their having in common a demonstrable etiology in cerebral disease, brain injury, or other insult leading to cerebral dysfunction. The dysfunction may be primary, as in diseases, injuries, and insults that affect the brain directly and selectively; or secondary, as in systemic diseases and disorders that attack the brain only as one of the multiple organs or systems of the body that are involved.
Chapter 5 notes (apply to every code in it)
Includes Conditions this code covers.
- disorders of psychological development
Related codes in F03.A1
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See 2MM+ plansICD-10-CM FY2027 code set, as published by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and CMS, effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027. Codes, titles and notes are shown as published. Check payer rules and the official guidelines before billing. This page is not medical advice.
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