Alphabetic Index FY2027

F03.A

Unspecified dementia, mild

FY2027Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders/F01–F09 Mental disorders due to known physiological conditions

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

F03.A is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for unspecified dementia, mild. 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 F03.A0 Unspecified dementia, mild, without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxiety; F03.A1 Unspecified dementia, mild, with behavioral disturbance; F03.A2 Unspecified dementia, mild, with psychotic disturbance; F03.A3 Unspecified dementia, mild, with mood disturbance and 1 more. Its coding notes include 1 Excludes1 entry and 3 Excludes2 entries.

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.

Guidelines I.C.5.dDementia: severityRead the official text

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

This code
  • mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition with or without behavioral disturbance (F06.7-)

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Inherited from F03 Unspecified dementia
  • dementia with delirium or acute confusional state (F05)
  • mild memory disturbance due to known physiological condition (F06.8)
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 5 Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

Includes

Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.

Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 5 Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
  • disorders of psychological development

Notes

Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from F01–F09 Mental disorders due to known physiological conditions
  • 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.

More specific codes under F03.A 5