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FY2027

F51.4 — Sleep terrors [night terrors]

Billable

Is F51.4 billable?

Yes — F51.4 is billable for FY2027. F51.4 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. F51.4 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

F51.4 at a glance

CodeF51.4
DescriptionSleep terrors [night terrors]
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does F51.4 group to?

F51.4 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.

  • 887Other Mental Disorder Diagnosesmedical

How is F51.4 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to F51.4. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Terror (s) night (child)
  • Night › terrors
  • Sleep › terrors
  • Disorder › non-rapid eye movement sleep arousal › sleep terror type (of)
  • Disorder › sleep › terrors (of)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to F51.4.

  • Non-rapid eye movement sleep arousal disorders, sleep terror type

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 5

The conditions below are not part of F51.4, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, F51.4 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from F51

The conditions below are not part of F51.4, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, F51.4 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • organic sleep disorders (G47.-)

How long has F51.4 existed?

F51.4 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.

What other codes are in the F51 family? (6)