F01.50 — Vascular dementia, unspecified severity, without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxiety
Is F01.50 billable?
Yes, but F01.50 is an unspecified code. F01.50 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. However, F01.50 is an unspecified or catch-all code. Payers apply additional scrutiny to unspecified codes and many deny them when the medical record supports a more specific option, so check the documentation before selecting F01.50 — the more specific alternatives are listed below.
More specific alternatives
F01.50 at a glance
| Code | F01.50 |
|---|---|
| Description | Vascular dementia, unspecified severity, without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxiety |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does F01.50 group to?
F01.50 sits in MDC 19 and helps define the logic of 1 MS-DRG (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 884Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disabilitymedical
How is F01.50 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to F01.50. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Dementia › vascular (degenerative (primary)) (persisting) (unspecified severity) (without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxiety)
- Psychosis, psychotic › arteriosclerotic
- Psychosis, psychotic › multi-infarct
- Psychosis, psychotic › due to or associated with › vascular disease
- Psychosis, psychotic › organic › due to or associated with › disease › cerebrovascular
- State › confusional › acute › with › arteriosclerotic dementia (of)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to F01.50.
- Major neurocognitive disorder due to vascular disease NOS
- Vascular dementia NOS
Code first — inherited from F01
The underlying condition below must be sequenced before F01.50. F01.50 describes a manifestation and cannot be the principal or first-listed diagnosis.
- , if applicable, any causal condition
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 5
The conditions below are not part of F01.50, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, F01.50 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
How long has F01.50 existed?
F01.50 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
- FY2023Vascular dementia without behavioral disturbanceVascular dementia, unspecified severity, without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxiety
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.