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F07.0 ICD-10-CM Code: Personality change due to known physiological condition

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
7 inclusion terms · 4 Excludes1 · 1 Excludes2 · 1 code-first instruction

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 884 — ORGANIC DISTURBANCES AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (MDC 19)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for F07.0 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2027Effective: October 1, 2026

Trace:FY2027 changesChange historyRelease, file and checksum

Notes without a marker are published on F07.0 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Frontal lobe syndrome
  • Limbic epilepsy personality syndrome
  • Lobotomy syndrome
  • Organic personality disorder
  • Organic pseudopsychopathic personality
  • Organic pseudoretarded personality
  • Postleucotomy syndrome

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Code First

Underlying conditions that must be sequenced before this code.

  • the underlying physiological condition

Source: inherited from F07

Coder workflow for F07.0

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code F07.0

  1. F07.0’s title joins a condition with an associated condition or complication. Confirm each component is documented. Where the classification presumes the link through the “with” convention, only a provider statement that the conditions are unrelated defeats it. A combination code is assigned only when it fully identifies the documented conditions; a required second code for the stage, type or manifestation is still reported when the notes ask for it (Guidelines I.B.9, I.A.15).

    Guide: Combination codes →

  2. Check the Excludes1 note: if the documentation supports a condition named there, do not simply proceed with F07.0. Excludes1 conditions are not reported together with this code unless the record shows they are unrelated (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

    See the official tabular notes

Choose the right path

  1. Does the documentation support a condition named in F07.0’s Excludes1 note?
    Yes → Do not simply proceed: review the excluded code. Both are reported only when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated.
    No → Continue.

    ReviewG31.84, F07.81, F07.89, R45

  2. Is the underlying (etiologic) condition the Code First note names documented?
    Yes → Sequence the underlying condition first, then F07.0.
    No → Continue; do not add an underlying condition the record does not document.

Consider F07.0. Then confirm the code is valid for the date of service in the Verify section.

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
The associated condition or complication
Whether the associated condition the title names is documented; the “with” convention presumes some links, and a provider statement that the conditions are unrelated defeats it (Guidelines I.A.15).
The underlying (etiologic) condition
Named in the Code First note; sequenced before this code when documented (Guidelines I.A.13).

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes1 — check before selecting F07.0(4 notes)

    Coding workflow: If the documentation supports a condition named in this note, do not simply proceed with F07.0: the two are not reported together. The one exception is when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

    CompareG31.84, F07.81, F07.89, R45

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.a

  • Excludes2 — not part of F07.0(1 note)

    Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in F07.0. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

    CompareF60

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.b

  • Code First — sequencing check(1 note)

    Coding workflow: Check whether the underlying or etiologic condition the note names is documented. When it is, sequence it before F07.0. Do not add an underlying condition the record does not document.

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.13

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Documentation: Both the condition F07.0 describes and a condition named in its Excludes1 note are documented for the same encounter.

Coding question: Can both codes be reported?

Path: Review the Excludes1 note and the excluded code, and look for a provider statement on whether the two conditions are related.

Reason: Excludes1 means the two are not coded together; the exception is when the record shows the conditions are unrelated to each other (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

ReviewG31.84, F07.81, F07.89, R45

Documentation: Only one of the components this code’s title joins is documented.

Coding question: Is F07.0 supported?

Path: Review the code for the documented component on its own.

Reason: A combination code is assigned only when it fully identifies the documented conditions; otherwise the documented component takes its own code (Guidelines I.B.9).

Documentation: The underlying condition the Code First note names is documented alongside this condition.

Coding question: How are the two sequenced?

Path: Review the Code First note.

Reason: The underlying condition is sequenced first and the manifestation follows (Guidelines I.A.13).

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Don’t confuse F07.0 with…

MedCoder analysis — pairs from this code’s official notes, distinctions written by MedCoder

The codes most likely to be picked instead of F07.0 — named in its own official notes, or sharing its laterality or encounter family — with what separates them and which documentation moves the case. Each links to the full comparison.

  • G31.84— Excludes1 conflict (Excludes1 — generally not reported together)

    Not coded here — the tabular list excludes this pair for the same encounter.

    Not reported together with this code, except where the two conditions are documented as unrelated.

    What moves you there: Documentation of mild cognitive impairment moves the case to G31.84; the two are not reported together unless documented as unrelated.

    Full comparison: F07.0 vs G31.84 →

  • F07.81— Excludes1 conflict (Excludes1 — generally not reported together)

    Not coded here — the tabular list excludes this pair for the same encounter.

    Not reported together with this code, except where the two conditions are documented as unrelated.

    What moves you there: Documentation of postconcussional syndrome moves the case to F07.81; the two are not reported together unless documented as unrelated.

    Full comparison: F07.0 vs F07.81 →

  • F07.89— Excludes1 conflict (Excludes1 — generally not reported together)

    Not coded here — the tabular list excludes this pair for the same encounter.

    Not reported together with this code, except where the two conditions are documented as unrelated.

    What moves you there: Documentation of postencephalitic syndrome moves the case to F07.89; the two are not reported together unless documented as unrelated.

    Full comparison: F07.0 vs F07.89 →

  • R45— Excludes1 conflict (Excludes1 — generally not reported together)

    Not coded here — the tabular list excludes this pair for the same encounter.

    Not reported together with this code, except where the two conditions are documented as unrelated.

    What moves you there: Documentation of signs and symptoms involving emotional state moves the case to R45; the two are not reported together unless documented as unrelated.

    Full comparison: F07.0 vs R45 →

  • F07.9— Specificity relationship (Review)

    Overlapping diagnoses in the same category.

    Overlapping codes in the same category — the documentation decides which is the more specific fit.

    What moves you there: A record that documents no more than “Unspecified personality and behavioral disorder due to known physiological condition” takes F07.9; specificity in the record moves it back here.

    Full comparison: F07.0 vs F07.9 →

  • F60— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of specific personality disorder adds F60; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: F07.0 vs F60 →

Relationships are read from this code's own official notes, its laterality siblings and its encounter family; the wording of each distinction is MedCoder editorial, and the documentation named in each “what moves you there” line is the official note phrase or sibling title itself. Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a.

Code Overview

Personality change due to known physiological condition is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (F07.0).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Indexed Clinical Terms (22)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

Decision Points

The directives on this code's own record, as a pre-claim checklist.

  1. Sequencing: 1 Code First instruction — the underlying condition is sequenced before this code when present. See the Code First notes
  2. 4 Excludes1 entries — codes named there are generally not reported together with this code (Guidelines I.A.12.a). See the Excludes1 notes
  3. 1 Excludes2 entry — those conditions are not part of this code and may be reported additionally when documented. See the Excludes2 notes

Checklist rows are derived from this code's own official directives; the wording of each check is MedCoder editorial. The official notes themselves are in the sections each row links to.

Verify Before Coding

  • Principal-diagnosis restriction. The Medicare Code Editor lists this code as unacceptable as a principal diagnosis: it describes a circumstance influencing health status rather than a current illness or injury being treated. It is valid as a secondary diagnosis.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder structured relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name F07.0 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 2 Excludes2 notes: F63.1 — Pyromania (via F07.-), F63.2 — Kleptomania (via F07.-).

These codes’ tabular lists name this diagnosis as distinct — both may be reported when both are documented.

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2027)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2027 MS-DRG: not on the CMS CC/MCC list — as a secondary diagnosis this code does not change MS-DRG severity for that release.

Named in the grouper logic of 1 MS-DRG: DRG 884 (MDC 19).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):MBD009 — Personality disorders (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Principal diagnosis restriction (Medicare Code Editor)

Not acceptable as a principal diagnosis on an inpatient claim.

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Personality disorders).

F21 — Schizotypal disorder, F60.0 — Paranoid personality disorder, F60.1 — Schizoid personality disorder, F60.2 — Antisocial personality disorder, F60.3 — Borderline personality disorder, F60.4 — Histrionic personality disorder, F60.5 — Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, F60.6 — Avoidant personality disorder, F60.7 — Dependent personality disorder, F60.81 — Narcissistic personality disorder, F60.89 — Other specific personality disorders, F60.9 — Personality disorder, unspecified, F68.8 — Other specified disorders of adult personality and behavior, F69 — Unspecified disorder of adult personality and behavior

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main terms “State”, “Personality”, “Change”; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

F01.50 — Vascular dementia, unspecified severity, without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxiety (confusional, acute, with, arteriosclerotic dementia), F03 — Unspecified dementia (paranoid, senile), F05 — Delirium due to known physiological condition (twilight, epileptic), F06.0 — Psychotic disorder with hallucinations due to known physiological condition (organic, hallucinatory), F06.2 — Psychotic disorder with delusions due to known physiological condition (paranoid, organic), F06.31 — Mood disorder due to known physiological condition with depressive features (transient organic psychotic NEC, depressive type), F06.8 — Other specified mental disorders due to known physiological condition (transient organic psychotic NEC), F10.231 — Alcohol dependence with withdrawal delirium (confusional, acute, alcoholic), F20.5 — Residual schizophrenia (residual schizophrenic), F22 — Delusional disorders (paranoid), F23 — Brief psychotic disorder (oneiroid), F32.A — Depression, unspecified (depressive), F34.0 — Cyclothymic disorder (cycloid), F34.1 — Dysthymic disorder (hypothymic), F40.9 — Phobic anxiety disorder, unspecified (phobic), F41.0 — Panic disorder [episodic paroxysmal anxiety] (panic), F41.1 — Generalized anxiety disorder (anxiety), F42.2 — Mixed obsessional thoughts and acts (compulsive, mixed with obsessional thoughts), F42.8 — Other obsessive-compulsive disorder (compulsive), F43.0 — Acute stress reaction (crisis), +72 more

Lab tests where this diagnosis supports Medicare coverage (NCD)

Medicare's National Coverage Determination (NCD) program lists this diagnosis as medical justification for these lab tests.

Blood Glucose Test, HIV Screening Test, Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)

Contextual Map

Every relationship of F07.0 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Run F07.0 with these 7 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

Excludes1

Excludes2

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

  • F63.1 — Pyromania[Excludes2](via F07.-): “mental disorders due to known physiological condition (F01-F09)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2027
  • F63.2 — Kleptomania[Excludes2](via F07.-): “stealing in mental disorders due to known physiological condition (F01-F09)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2027

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

  • MDC 19 — Mental Diseases and Disorders[MDC crossing]: “Mental Diseases and Disorders — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2027

Index entries (22)

  • Change (s) (in) (of), personality (enduring), due to (secondary to), general medical condition[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Disorder (of), mental (or behavioral) (nonpsychotic), following organic brain damage, frontal lobe syndrome[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Disorder (of), mental (or behavioral) (nonpsychotic), following organic brain damage, personality change[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Disorder (of), personality, changedue to general medical condition (secondary)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Frontal, lobe syndrome[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Limbic epilepsy personality syndrome[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Lobotomy syndrome[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Moria[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • and 14 more

Nearest codes

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2027 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2026 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v44.0 (October 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v44 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

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Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Personality change due to known physiological condition

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027, and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to F07.0 in its code family, with their registry titles.

View all codes in the F07 family