1. ICD-10-CM Codes
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2. F01-F99 Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
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3. F20-F29 Schizophrenia, schizotypal, delusional, and other non-mood psychotic disorders
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4. F20- Schizophrenia
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2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F20.81

Schizophreniform disorder

2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code

• F20.81 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
• The 2018 edition of ICD-10-CM F20.81 became effective on October 1, 2017.
• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of F20.81 - other international versions of ICD-10 F20.81 may differ.

• Chronic schizophreniform disorder
• Schizophreniform disorder with good prognostic features
• Schizophreniform disorder without good prognostic features
• Schizophreniform disorder, chronic

• A disorder that differs from schizophrenia specifically in total duration (schizophreniform disorder lasts at least 1 month but less than 6 months whereas schizophrenia lasts at least 6 months); schizophreniform disorder also typically causes less impairment in the individual's social and occupational functioning.

• 885 Psychoses

Convert F20.81 to ICD-9-CM

• 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
• 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
• 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change

• Disorder (of) - see also Disease
  • schizophreniform F20.81
• Psychosis, psychotic F29
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F29

  Unspecified psychosis not due to a substance or known physiological condition

  2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code

  Applicable To

  • Psychosis NOS
  • Unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder

  Type 1 Excludes

  • mental disorder NOS (F99)
  • unspecified mental disorder due to known physiological condition (F09)
  • schizophreniform F20.81

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.