Diagnosis Code

R41.840 ATTENTION AND CONCENTRATION DEFICIT


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R41.840

Short Description: Attention and concentration deficit

Long Description: Attention and concentration deficit

The code R41.840 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
    • Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behavior (R40-R46)
      • Oth symptoms and signs w cognitive functions and awareness (R41)
        • R41.840 Attention and concentration deficit

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Absent minded
  • Cognitive deficit in attention
  • Difficulty directing attention
  • Distractibility
  • Disturbance of attention
  • Does not direct attention
  • Finding related to ability to concentrate
  • Finding related to ability to concentrate
  • Finding related to ability to concentrate
  • Finding related to ability to concentrate
  • Finding related to ability to direct attention
  • Finding related to ability to direct attention
  • Finding related to ability to direct attention
  • Impaired concentration
  • Impairment of mental alertness
  • Inattention
  • Integrated attention for short spells
  • Pays fleeting attention
  • Poor concentration
  • Reduced concentration span
  • Scattered attention
  • Selective inattention
  • Unable to concentrate
  • Unable to direct attention

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R41.840 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders (@F90*.-)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R41.840 Right Arrow 799.51 Attn/concentrate deficit

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
R41 Other symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions and awareness
R41.0 Disorientation, unspecified
R41.1 Anterograde amnesia
R41.2 Retrograde amnesia
R41.3 Other amnesia
R41.4 Neurologic neglect syndrome
R41.8 Other symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions and awareness
R41.81 Age-related cognitive decline
R41.82 Altered mental status, unspecified
R41.83 Borderline intellectual functioning
R41.84 Other specified cognitive deficit
R41.841 Cognitive communication deficit
R41.842 Visuospatial deficit
R41.843 Psychomotor deficit
R41.844 Frontal lobe and executive function deficit
R41.89 Other symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions and awareness
R41.9 Unspecified symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions and awareness


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023