Other schizophrenia

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

F20.81 Schizophreniform disorder
F20.89 Other schizophrenia

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other schizophrenia

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from F20 Schizophrenia

Excludes1 - never coded here

brief psychotic disorder (F23)
cyclic schizophrenia (F25.0)
mood [affective] disorders with psychotic symptoms (F30.2, F31.2, F31.5, F31.64, F32.3, F33.3)
schizoaffective disorder (F25.-)
schizophrenic reaction NOS (F23)

Excludes2 - not included here

schizophrenic reaction in:
alcoholism (F10.15-, F10.25-, F10.95-)
brain disease (F06.2)
epilepsy (F06.2)
psychoactive drug use (F11-F19 with .15. .25, .95)
schizotypal disorder (F21)

Use additional code

code, if applicable, to identify:
other specified cognitive deficit (R41.84-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
F20.0	Paranoid schizophrenia	Valid
F20.1	Disorganized schizophrenia	Valid
F20.2	Catatonic schizophrenia	Valid
F20.3	Undifferentiated schizophrenia	Valid
F20.5	Residual schizophrenia	Valid
F20.9	Schizophrenia, unspecified	Valid