F03.A

Unspecified dementia, mild

Non-billable header

F03.A is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from F03)

  • disorders of psychological development
  • 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.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition with or without behavioral disturbance (F06.7-)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99) (from F03)
  • dementia with delirium or acute confusional state (F05) (from F03)
  • mild memory disturbance due to known physiological condition (F06.8) (from F03)

Parent code

  • F03Unspecified dementiaHeader

More specific codes F03.A

  • F03.A0Unspecified dementia, mild, without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxietyBillable
  • F03.A1Unspecified dementia, mild, with behavioral disturbanceHeader
  • F03.A2Unspecified dementia, mild, with psychotic disturbanceBillable
  • F03.A3Unspecified dementia, mild, with mood disturbanceBillable
  • F03.A4Unspecified dementia, mild, with anxietyBillable

Related codes

  • F03.9Unspecified dementia, unspecified severityHeader
  • F03.BUnspecified dementia, moderateHeader
  • F03.CUnspecified dementia, severeHeader

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