Bedrock Billing Try Bedrock Billing for Free

F53 Non-Billable Code

Mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium, not elsewhere classified

Effective From: 10/01/2016
Effective To: 09/30/2018
⚠️

This Code Has Been Retired

Code F53 is no longer valid for claims submission as of 09/30/2018.

Chapter Classification

Chapter 5 Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)

Section Detail

F50-F59 Behavioral syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors (F50-F59)

Coding Guidelines & Notes

excludes1
  • mood disorders with psychotic features (F30.2, F31.2, F31.5, F31.64, F32.3, F33.3)
  • postpartum dysphoria (O90.6)
  • psychosis in schizophrenia, schizotypal, delusional, and other psychotic disorders (F20-F29)

More Specific Diagnosis Codes

This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.

  • F53.0 - Postpartum depression Billable
  • F53.1 - Puerperal psychosis Billable

Stop wrestling with ICD-10 lookup tables.

Bedrock Billing automatically validates diagnosis codes.

Start Pricing Claims