2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F44.0

Dissociative amnesia

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  • F44.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM F44.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of F44.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 F44.0 may differ.
Type 1 Excludes
Type 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as F44.0. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
  • amnesia NOS (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R41.3

    Other amnesia

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    Applicable To
    • Amnesia NOS
    • Memory loss NOS
    Type 1 Excludes
    • amnestic disorder due to known physiologic condition (F04)
    • amnestic syndrome due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19 with 5th character .6)
    • mild memory disturbance due to known physiological condition (F06.8)
    • transient global amnesia (G45.4)
    R41.3
    )
  • anterograde amnesia (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R41.1

    Anterograde amnesia

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    R41.1
    )
  • dissociative amnesia with dissociative fugue (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F44.1

    Dissociative fugue

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    Applicable To
    • Dissociative amnesia with dissociative fugue
    Type 2 Excludes
    • postictal fugue in epilepsy (G40.-)
    F44.1
    )
  • retrograde amnesia (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R41.2

    Retrograde amnesia

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    R41.2
    )
Type 2 Excludes
Type 2 Excludes Help
A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (F44.0) and the excluded code together.
  • alcohol-or other psychoactive substance-induced amnestic disorder (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F10

    Alcohol related disorders

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    Use Additional
    • code for blood alcohol level, if applicable (Y90.-)
    F10
    ,
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F13

    Sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic related disorders

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    F13
    ,
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F19

    Other psychoactive substance related disorders

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    Includes
    • polysubstance drug use (indiscriminate drug use)
    F19
    with .26, .96)
  • amnestic disorder due to known physiological condition (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F04

    Amnestic disorder due to known physiological condition

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    Applicable To
    • Korsakov's psychosis or syndrome, nonalcoholic
    Code First
    • the underlying physiological condition
    Type 1 Excludes
    • amnesia NOS (R41.3)
    • anterograde amnesia (R41.1)
    • dissociative amnesia (F44.0)
    • retrograde amnesia (R41.2)
    Type 2 Excludes
    F04
    )
  • postictal amnesia in epilepsy (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G40
    • G40 Epilepsy and recurrent seizures
      • G40.0 Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopa...
        • G40.00 Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopa...
          • G40.001 Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopa...
          • G40.009 Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopa...
        • G40.01 Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopa...
          • G40.011 Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopa...
          • G40.019 Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopa...
      • G40.1 Localization-related (focal) (partial) sympto...
        • G40.10 Localization-related (focal) (partial) sympto...
          • G40.101 Localization-related (focal) (partial) sympto...
          • G40.109 Localization-related (focal) (partial) sympto...
        • G40.11 Localization-related (focal) (partial) sympto...
          • G40.111 Localization-related (focal) (partial) sympto...
          • G40.119 Localization-related (focal) (partial) sympto...
      • G40.2 Localization-related (focal) (partial) sympto...
        • G40.20 Localization-related (focal) (partial) sympto...
          • G40.201 Localization-related (focal) (partial) sympto...
          • G40.209 Localization-related (focal) (partial) sympto...
        • G40.21 Localization-related (focal) (partial) sympto...
          • G40.211 Localization-related (focal) (partial) sympto...
          • G40.219 Localization-related (focal) (partial) sympto...
      • G40.3 Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic...
        • G40.30 Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic...
          • G40.301 Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic...
          • G40.309 Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic...
        • G40.31 Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic...
          • G40.311 Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic...
          • G40.319 Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic...
      • G40.A Absence epileptic syndrome
        • G40.A0 Absence epileptic syndrome, not intractable
          • G40.A01 Absence epileptic syndrome, not intractable, ...
          • G40.A09 Absence epileptic syndrome, not intractable, ...
        • G40.A1 Absence epileptic syndrome, intractable
          • G40.A11 Absence epileptic syndrome, intractable, with...
          • G40.A19 Absence epileptic syndrome, intractable, with...
      • G40.B Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy [impulsive petit ...
        • G40.B0 Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, not intractable
          • G40.B01 Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, not intractable,...
          • G40.B09 Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, not intractable,...
        • G40.B1 Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, intractable
          • G40.B11 Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, intractable, wit...
          • G40.B19 Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, intractable, wit...
      • G40.4 Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic synd...
        • G40.40 Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic synd...
          • G40.401 Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic synd...
          • G40.409 Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic synd...
        • G40.41 Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic synd...
          • G40.411 Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic synd...
          • G40.419 Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic synd...
        • G40.42 Cyclin-Dependent Kinase-Like 5 Deficiency Dis...
      • G40.5 Epileptic seizures related to external causes...
        • G40.50 Epileptic seizures related to external causes...
          • G40.501 Epileptic seizures related to external causes...
          • G40.509 Epileptic seizures related to external causes...
      • G40.8 Other epilepsy and recurrent seizures
        • G40.80 Other epilepsy
          • G40.801 Other epilepsy, not intractable, with status ...
          • G40.802 Other epilepsy, not intractable, without stat...
          • G40.803 Other epilepsy, intractable, with status epil...
          • G40.804 Other epilepsy, intractable, without status e...
        • G40.81 Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
          • G40.811 Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, not intractable, wit...
          • G40.812 Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, not intractable, wit...
          • G40.813 Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, intractable, with st...
          • G40.814 Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, intractable, without...
        • G40.82 Epileptic spasms
          • G40.821 Epileptic spasms, not intractable, with statu...
          • G40.822 Epileptic spasms, not intractable, without st...
          • G40.823 Epileptic spasms, intractable, with status ep...
          • G40.824 Epileptic spasms, intractable, without status...
        • G40.83 Dravet syndrome
          • G40.833 Dravet syndrome, intractable, with status epi...
          • G40.834 Dravet syndrome, intractable, without status ...
        • G40.89 Other seizures
      • G40.9 Epilepsy, unspecified
        • G40.90 Epilepsy, unspecified, not intractable
          • G40.901 Epilepsy, unspecified, not intractable, with ...
          • G40.909 Epilepsy, unspecified, not intractable, witho...
        • G40.91 Epilepsy, unspecified, intractable
          • G40.911 Epilepsy, unspecified, intractable, with stat...
          • G40.919 Epilepsy, unspecified, intractable, without s...
    G40.-
    )
The following code(s) above F44.0 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to F44.0:
  • F01-F99
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range F01-F99

    Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders

    Includes
    • disorders of psychological development
    Type 2 Excludes
    • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
    Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
  • F44
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F44

    Dissociative and conversion disorders

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    Includes
    • conversion hysteria
    • conversion reaction
    • hysteria
    • hysterical psychosis
    Type 2 Excludes
    • malingering [conscious simulation] (Z76.5)
    Dissociative and conversion disorders
Approximate Synonyms
  • Amnesia, psychogenic
  • Psychogenic amnesia
Clinical Information
  • A disorder characterized by a retrospective gap in memory of important personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature; the memory loss far exceeds ordinary forgetfulness and is not the result of substance use or the consequence of a medical condition.
ICD-10-CM F44.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 880 Acute adjustment reaction and psychosocial dysfunction

Convert F44.0 to ICD-9-CM

Code History
  • 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
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to F44.0:
  • Type 1 Excludes: F04
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F04

    Amnestic disorder due to known physiological condition

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    Applicable To
    • Korsakov's psychosis or syndrome, nonalcoholic
    Code First
    • the underlying physiological condition
    Type 1 Excludes
    • amnesia NOS (R41.3)
    • anterograde amnesia (R41.1)
    • dissociative amnesia (F44.0)
    • retrograde amnesia (R41.2)
    Type 2 Excludes

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to F44.0:
  • Amnesia R41.3
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R41.3

    Other amnesia

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    Applicable To
    • Amnesia NOS
    • Memory loss NOS
    Type 1 Excludes
    • amnestic disorder due to known physiologic condition (F04)
    • amnestic syndrome due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19 with 5th character .6)
    • mild memory disturbance due to known physiological condition (F06.8)
    • transient global amnesia (G45.4)

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To F44.0
F43.22 Adjustment disorder with anxiety
F43.23 Adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
F43.24 Adjustment disorder with disturbance of conduct
F43.25 Adjustment disorder with mixed disturbance of emotions and conduct
F43.29 Adjustment disorder with other symptoms
F43.8 Other reactions to severe stress
F43.81 Prolonged grief disorder
F43.89 Other reactions to severe stress
F43.9 Reaction to severe stress, unspecified
F44 Dissociative and conversion disorders
F44.0 Dissociative amnesia
F44.1 Dissociative fugue
F44.2 Dissociative stupor
F44.4 Conversion disorder with motor symptom or deficit
F44.5 Conversion disorder with seizures or convulsions
F44.6 Conversion disorder with sensory symptom or deficit
F44.7 Conversion disorder with mixed symptom presentation
F44.8 Other dissociative and conversion disorders
F44.81 Dissociative identity disorder
F44.89 Other dissociative and conversion disorders
F44.9 Dissociative and conversion disorder, unspecified

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