F10.139 — Alcohol abuse with withdrawal, unspecified
F10.139 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for alcohol abuse with withdrawal, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
F10.139 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 139 Alcohol Use Disorder, Moderate/Severe, or Alcohol Use with Specified Non-Psychotic Complications0.242 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
F10.139 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies — 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
- A56614Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
- A56756Billing and Coding: Home Health - Psychiatric Care
How F10.139 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to F10.139.
- Abuse›alcohol›with›withdrawal
- Withdrawal state›alcohol›without perceptual disturbances›due to alcohol abuse
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F10.13. If F10.139 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about F10.139
- Is F10.139 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. F10.139 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does F10.139 sit in the tabular list?
- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19).