F10.9
F10.9 — Alcohol use, unspecified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
F10.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for alcohol use, unspecified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with F10.9
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at F10.9. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading F10.9 alone.
Risk adjustment
F10.9 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 to one of these instead F10.9
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- F10.90Alcohol use, unspecified, uncomplicated
- F10.91Alcohol use, unspecified, in remission
- F10.92Alcohol use, unspecified with intoxication
- F10.93Alcohol use, unspecified with withdrawal
- F10.94Alcohol use, unspecified with alcohol-induced mood disorder
- F10.95Alcohol use, unspecified with alcohol-induced psychotic disorder
- F10.96Alcohol use, unspecified with alcohol-induced persisting amnestic disorder
- F10.97Alcohol use, unspecified with alcohol-induced persisting dementia
- F10.98Alcohol use, unspecified with other alcohol-induced disorders
- F10.99Alcohol use, unspecified with unspecified alcohol-induced disorder
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F10. If F10.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about F10.9
- Is F10.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. F10.9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does F10.9 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 F10.9?
- F10.9 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.