October 1 update. Our PDGM and ICD-10 tools now use the FY2027 code set: 190 codes added, 30 deleted, and no existing code changed clinical group.

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ICD-10 · PDGM grouping

F01 Vascular dementia

All 24 codes in the F01 family, with the PDGM clinical group, comorbidity subgroup and primary-position rule CMS assigns, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.2.26 and the CDC FY2027 code file.

ICD-10-CM FY2027 · CMS grouper v07.2.26

Codes in family

24

Can lead a claim

24

Cannot lead a claim

0

What CMS assigns to F01

All 24 codes group to Behavioral Health. All 24 count toward the Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias comorbidity subgroup. Every code can lead a claim. CMS attaches a code-first note to all 24.

  • Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias: counts toward the high comorbidity tier only in an interaction pair.

Code first

CMS grouper convention 12, on all 24 codes. Code first:

  • underlying disease

Every code in F01

Descriptions are CDC’s FY2027 wording; where CMS’s grouper abbreviates one, its form is shown beneath.

CodeDescriptionPrimary positionClinical groupComorbidity subgroup
F01.5 Vascular dementia, unspecified severity
F01.50Vascular dementia, unspecified severity, without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxietyCMS: Vascular dementia, unsp severity, without beh/psych/mood/anxCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.51 Vascular dementia, unspecified severity, with behavioral disturbance
F01.511Vascular dementia, unspecified severity, with agitationCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.518Vascular dementia, unspecified severity, with other behavioral disturbanceCMS: Vascular dementia, unsp severity, with other beh disturbCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.52Vascular dementia, unspecified severity, with psychotic disturbanceCMS: Vascular dementia, unsp severity, with psychotic disturbCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.53Vascular dementia, unspecified severity, with mood disturbanceCMS: Vascular dementia, unspecified severity, with mood disturbCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.54Vascular dementia, unspecified severity, with anxietyCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.A Vascular dementia, mild
F01.A0Vascular dementia, mild, without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxietyCMS: Vascular dementia, mild, without beh/psych/mood/anxCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.A1 Vascular dementia, mild, with behavioral disturbance
F01.A11Vascular dementia, mild, with agitationCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.A18Vascular dementia, mild, with other behavioral disturbanceCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.A2Vascular dementia, mild, with psychotic disturbanceCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.A3Vascular dementia, mild, with mood disturbanceCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.A4Vascular dementia, mild, with anxietyCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.B Vascular dementia, moderate
F01.B0Vascular dementia, moderate, without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxietyCMS: Vascular dementia, moderate, without beh/psych/mood/anxCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.B1 Vascular dementia, moderate, with behavioral disturbance
F01.B11Vascular dementia, moderate, with agitationCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.B18Vascular dementia, moderate, with other behavioral disturbanceCMS: Vascular dementia, moderate, with other behavioral disturbCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.B2Vascular dementia, moderate, with psychotic disturbanceCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.B3Vascular dementia, moderate, with mood disturbanceCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.B4Vascular dementia, moderate, with anxietyCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.C Vascular dementia, severe
F01.C0Vascular dementia, severe, without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxietyCMS: Vascular dementia, severe, without beh/psych/mood/anxCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.C1 Vascular dementia, severe, with behavioral disturbance
F01.C11Vascular dementia, severe, with agitationCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.C18Vascular dementia, severe, with other behavioral disturbanceCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.C2Vascular dementia, severe, with psychotic disturbanceCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.C3Vascular dementia, severe, with mood disturbanceCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias
F01.C4Vascular dementia, severe, with anxietyCan lead a claim, code first appliesFAlzheimer’s disease and related dementias

Sources: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01, for the clinical group, comorbidity subgroup, code-first conventions and primary-position flags; CDC NCHS ICD-10-CM FY2027 code descriptions for the family title and code wording. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.

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