F01
Vascular dementia
F01 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code category for vascular dementia. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are F01.5 Vascular dementia, unspecified severity; F01.A Vascular dementia, mild; F01.B Vascular dementia, moderate and F01.C Vascular dementia, severe. Its coding notes include a Code first instruction and 1 Excludes2 entry.
Guidelines tip
From the FY2027 Official Guidelines. ICD10Ref adds no rules of its own.
Dementia codes depend on severity documented by the provider. If severity is not documented, the unspecified severity code is assigned. If severity progresses during an inpatient stay, one code is assigned for the highest level.
Code first
If the underlying condition listed here is present and known, sequence it first.
- , if applicable, any causal condition
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Includes
Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.
- arteriosclerotic dementia
- major neurocognitive disorder due to vascular disease
- multi-infarct dementia
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- disorders of psychological development
Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
- Vascular dementia as a result of infarction of the brain due to vascular disease, including hypertensive cerebrovascular disease.
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- This block comprises a range of mental disorders grouped together on the basis of their having in common a demonstrable etiology in cerebral disease, brain injury, or other insult leading to cerebral dysfunction. The dysfunction may be primary, as in diseases, injuries, and insults that affect the brain directly and selectively; or secondary, as in systemic diseases and disorders that attack the brain only as one of the multiple organs or systems of the body that are involved.