Other specified cognitive deficit

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 5 more specific codes instead:

R41.840 Attention and concentration deficit
R41.841 Cognitive communication deficit
R41.842 Visuospatial deficit
R41.843 Psychomotor deficit
R41.844 Frontal lobe and executive function deficit

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 specified cognitive deficit

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 R41 Other symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions and awareness

Excludes1 - never coded here

dissociative [conversion] disorders (F44.-)
mild cognitive impairment of uncertain or unknown etiology (G31.84)

Inherited from the R40-R46 section Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behavior (R40-R46)

Excludes2 - not included here

symptoms and signs constituting part of a pattern of mental disorder (F01-F99)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
R41.81	Age-related cognitive decline	Valid
R41.82	Altered mental status, unspecified	Valid
R41.83	Borderline intellectual functioning	Valid
R41.85	Anosognosia	Valid
R41.89	Other symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions and awareness	Valid