ICD-10 · PDGM grouping
F23 Brief psychotic disorder
The one code in the F23 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.
Codes in family
1
Can lead a claim
1
Cannot lead a claim
0
What CMS assigns to F23
This code groups to Behavioral Health. It counts toward the Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities comorbidity subgroup. It can lead a claim.
- Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities: counts toward the high comorbidity tier only in an interaction pair.
The F23 code
Descriptions are CDC’s FY2027 wording; where CMS’s grouper abbreviates one, its form is shown beneath.
| Code | Description | Primary position | Clinical group | Comorbidity subgroup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F23 | Brief psychotic disorder | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
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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