F20 - Schizophrenia
ICD-10-CM Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders · F20-F29 Schizophrenia, schizotypal, delusional, and other non-mood psychotic disorders (F20-F29) · Top-level category · FY2027
Coding Guidance
F20 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 7 more specific codes below.
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.
- brief psychotic disorder (F23)
- cyclic schizophrenia (F25.0)
- mood [affective] disorders with psychotic symptoms (F30.2, F31.2, F31.5, F31.64, F32.3, F33.3)
- schizoaffective disorder (F25.-)
- schizophrenic reaction NOS (F23)
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- schizophrenic reaction in:
- alcoholism (F10.15-, F10.25-, F10.95-)
- brain disease (F06.2)
- epilepsy (F06.2)
- psychoactive drug use (F11-F19 with .15. .25, .95)
- schizotypal disorder (F21)
Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.
- code, if applicable, to identify:
- other specified cognitive deficit (R41.84-)
Conditions this code covers.
- disorders of psychological development
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
More Specific Codes (7)
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More specific codes for F20
Codes at the same level as F20
- Vascular dementiaF01
- Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhereF02
- Unspecified dementiaF03
- Amnestic disorder due to known physiological conditionF04
- Delirium due to known physiological conditionF05
- Other mental disorders due to known physiological conditionF06
- Personality and behavioral disorders due to known physiological conditionF07
- Unspecified mental disorder due to known physiological conditionF09
- Alcohol related disordersF10
- Opioid related disordersF11
- Cannabis related disordersF12
- Sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic related disordersF13
- Cocaine related disordersF14
- Other stimulant related disordersF15
- Hallucinogen related disordersF16
- Nicotine dependenceF17
- Inhalant related disordersF18
- Other psychoactive substance related disordersF19
- Schizotypal disorderF21
- Delusional disordersF22
- Brief psychotic disorderF23
- Shared psychotic disorderF24
- Schizoaffective disordersF25
- Other psychotic disorder not due to a substance or known physiological conditionF28
- Unspecified psychosis not due to a substance or known physiological conditionF29
- Manic episodeF30
- Bipolar disorderF31
- Depressive episodeF32
- Major depressive disorder, recurrentF33
- Persistent mood [affective] disordersF34
- Unspecified mood [affective] disorderF39
- Phobic anxiety disordersF40
- Other anxiety disordersF41
- Obsessive-compulsive disorderF42
- Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disordersF43
- Dissociative and conversion disordersF44
- Somatoform disordersF45
- Other nonpsychotic mental disordersF48
- Eating disordersF50
- Sleep disorders not due to a substance or known physiological conditionF51
31 more in this chapter.