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Compare/F19 vs R41.3

F19 vs R41.3

F19 (Other psychoactive substance related disorders) compared with R41.3 (Other amnesia), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.

Can these codes be reported together?

No — do not report together. R41.3 carries an Excludes1 note covering F19: “amnestic syndrome due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19 with 5th character .6)”

Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Side by side

F19Other psychoactive substance related disordersR41.3Other amnesia
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: F19.10, F19.11, F19.120, F19.121, F19.122

Billable
ClassificationF01-F99 — Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (F01-F99)R00-R99 — Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified (R00-R99)
DefinitionOther psychoactive substance related disorders is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (F19).Other amnesia is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (R41.3).
Includes
polysubstance drug use (indiscriminate drug use)
Amnesia NOS
Memory loss NOS

Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources