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Know Alternate Terms for All Types of Schizophrenia

Published on Mon Jul 28, 2025

Question: Encounter notes indicate that the physician treated a patient with “hebephrenic schizophrenia.” Which type of schizophrenia is this? Would I use F20.9 as an ICD-10-CM code for this patient? Kentucky Subscriber Answer: You should not use F20.9 (Schizophrenia, unspecified) for this patient because there is a more accurate diagnosis code. Report F20.1 (Disorganized schizophrenia), as hebephrenic schizophrenia is an [...]
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