Is F10.23 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. F10.23 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does F10.23 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).

What cannot be coded together with F10.23?

F10.23 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above F10.23 (F10.2) and apply to it just the same.

F10.23

F10.23 — Alcohol dependence with withdrawal

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

F10.23 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for alcohol dependence with withdrawal. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

Alcohol dependence with intoxication (F10.22-)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above F10.23

These are not written on F10.23, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing F10.23 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on F10.2 — Alcohol dependence

alcohol abuse (F10.1-)
alcohol use, unspecified (F10.9-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F10.23

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of F10.23, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

Written on F10.2 — Alcohol dependence

toxic effect of alcohol (T51.0-)

Risk adjustment

F10.23 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Code history

F10.23 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead F10.23

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share F10.2. If F10.23 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about F10.23

Is F10.23 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. F10.23 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does F10.23 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).
What cannot be coded together with F10.23?: F10.23 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above F10.23 (F10.2) and apply to it just the same.