Table 3.

ICD-10 codes for delirium and dementia and relevant symptom codes by clinical diagnosis of cognitive frailty syndrome

Clinical diagnosis, nCoded with delirium/dementia, nDeliriumDementiaSymptomOther
CodeF05.9F05.1F05.0F05.8F03.XF05.1F01.9G30.9R41.0R41.8R44.1R44.3R45.1F06.7
Delirium only22071 delirium5909400001722131
Delirium on dementiaa1009 delirium only1617513417174731020
35 dementia only
30 both delirium and dementia
Dementia onlya6437 dementia010029165210000
1 delirium and dementia
No cognitive syndrome827110000000352110
Total1,2811837618145631823929115261
  • a = Some patients had more than one dementia code; F01.9 = vascular dementia; F03.X = dementia unspecified; F05.0 = delirium not superimposed on dementia, so described; F05.1 = delirium superimposed on dementia; F05.8 = other delirium; F05.9 = delirium unspecified; F06.7 = mild cognitive disorder; G30.9 = Alzheimer’s disease; R41.0 = disorientation unspecified; R41.8 = other and unspecified symptoms involving cognitive function and awareness; R44.1 = visual hallucinations; R44.3 = hallucinations unspecified; R45.1 = restlessness and agitation.