Schizophrenia, schizotypal, delusional, and other non-mood psychotic disorders (F20-F29)
chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Official coding guidelines
From the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2027 (CMS and NCHS). Links open the PDF at the right page.
Covers psychological pain disorders, substance use, abuse, dependence and remission, factitious disorder including Munchausen by proxy, and dementia severity.
- Pain disorders related to psychological factors (page 43)
- Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use (page 43)
- Factitious Disorder (page 44)
- Dementia (page 45)
All codes under F20-F29
F20-F29 can't be used on a claim. Pick a billable code below; grey headings group them.
- F20Schizophrenia
- F20.0Paranoid schizophrenia
- F20.1Disorganized schizophrenia
- F20.2Catatonic schizophrenia
- F20.3Undifferentiated schizophrenia
- F20.5Residual schizophrenia
- F20.8Other schizophrenia
- F20.81Schizophreniform disorder
- F20.89Other schizophrenia
- F20.9Schizophrenia, unspecified
- F21Schizotypal disorder
- F22Delusional disorders
- F23Brief psychotic disorder
- F24Shared psychotic disorder
- F25Schizoaffective disorders
- F25.0Schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type
- F25.1Schizoaffective disorder, depressive type
- F25.8Other schizoaffective disorders
- F25.9Schizoaffective disorder, unspecified
- F28Other psychotic disorder not due to a substance or known physiological condition
- F29Unspecified psychosis not due to a substance or known physiological condition
F20-F29 MS-DRGs
This code does not group to an MS-DRG as a principal diagnosis.
Other codes that refer to F20-F29
Notes on these codes point to F20-F29.
- F53 Excludes1: psychosis in schizophrenia, schizotypal, delusional, and other psychotic disorders (F20-F29)
- R44 Excludes1: hallucinations in schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders (F20-F29)
- R46 Excludes1: appearance and behavior in schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders (F20-F29)
About the condition
Plain-language background from MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine), not coding guidance.
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious brain illness. People who have it may hear voices that aren't there. They may think other people are trying to hurt them. Sometimes they don't make sense when they talk. The disorder makes it hard for them to keep a job or take care of themselves.
Read more about schizophrenia on MedlinePlus