F01.5
Vascular dementia, unspecified severity
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 3 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 1 never code together
Instructional notes 7
F01code
Includes
- arteriosclerotic dementia
- major neurocognitive disorder due to vascular disease
- multi-infarct dementia
Inclusion terms
- Vascular dementia as a result of infarction of the brain due to vascular disease, including hypertensive cerebrovascular disease.
Code first
- , if applicable, any causal condition
F01-F09block
Notes
- 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.
F01-F99chapter
Includes
- disorders of psychological development
Index entries leading here filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Alongside this code 3 same parent — F01
Subordinate codes 5
F01.50 Vascular dementia, unsp severity, without beh/psych/mood/anx F01.51 Vascular dementia, unsp severity, with behavioral disturb F01.52 Vascular dementia, unsp severity, with psychotic disturb F01.53 Vascular dementia, unspecified severity, with mood disturb F01.54 Vascular dementia, unspecified severity, with anxiety
Additional references
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