F10.20 — Alcohol dependence, uncomplicated
F10.20 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for alcohol dependence, uncomplicated. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Alcohol use disorder, moderate
- Alcohol use disorder, severe
Risk adjustment
F10.20 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
F10.20 is named in 23 Medicare coverage policies — 21 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 2 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
- A59718Billing and Coding: Opioid Treatment Programsnot covered
- A54799Billing and Coding: Urine Drug Testing
- A55001Billing and Coding: Urine Drug Testing
How F10.20 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 F10.20.
- Alcoholism(chronic) (without remission)
- Dipsomania
- Addiction›alcohol, alcoholic(ethyl) (methyl) (wood) (without remission)
- Addiction›ethyl alcohol(without remission)
- Addiction›methyl alcohol(without remission)
- Addiction›methylated spirit(without remission)
- Alcohol, alcoholic, alcohol-induced›addiction(without remission)
- Dependence›alcohol(ethyl) (methyl) (without remission)
- Drunkenness›chronic(without remission)
- Dependence›ethyl›alcohol(without remission)
- Dependence›methyl›alcohol(without remission)
- Disorder›alcohol use›moderate or severe
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F10.2. If F10.20 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- F10.21Alcohol dependence, in remission
- F10.22Alcohol dependence with intoxication
- F10.23Alcohol dependence with withdrawal
- F10.24Alcohol dependence with alcohol-induced mood disorder
- F10.25Alcohol dependence with alcohol-induced psychotic disorder
- F10.26Alcohol dependence with alcohol-induced persisting amnestic disorder
- F10.27Alcohol dependence with alcohol-induced persisting dementia
- F10.28Alcohol dependence with other alcohol-induced disorders
- F10.29Alcohol dependence with unspecified alcohol-induced disorder
Questions about F10.20
- Is F10.20 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. F10.20 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does F10.20 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).