F10.229 — Alcohol dependence with intoxication, unspecified
F10.229 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for alcohol dependence with intoxication, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
F10.229 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
F10.229 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies — 4 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
- A56645Billing and Coding: Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing
- A57480Billing and Coding: Psychiatry and Psychology Services
How F10.229 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 F10.229.
- Drunkenness›acute in alcoholism
- Drunkenness›pathological›with dependence
- Alcohol, alcoholic, alcohol-induced›intoxication›with›dependence
- Dependence›alcohol›with›intoxication
- Disorder›alcohol use›moderate or severe›with›alcohol intoxication
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F10.22. If F10.229 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about F10.229
- Is F10.229 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. F10.229 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does F10.229 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).