F11.20: Opioid dependence, uncomplicated
F11.20 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for opioid dependence, uncomplicated. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check F11.20 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Opioid use disorder, moderate
- Opioid use disorder, severe
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above F11.20
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F11.20
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
F11.20 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 137 Drug Use Disorder, Moderate/Severe, or Drug Use with Non-Psychotic Complications0.424 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. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Medicare coverage
F11.20 is named in 22 Medicare coverage policies: 21 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
- A54799Billing and Coding: Urine Drug Testing
- A55001Billing and Coding: Urine Drug Testing
- A56645Billing and Coding: Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Morphinism(without remission)
- Morphinomania(without remission)
- Maintenance›methadone
- Dependence›drug NEC›opioid
- Disorder›opioid use›moderate or severe
- Therapy›drug, long-term›methadone›maintenance therapy
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under F11.2
- F11.21Opioid dependence, in remission
- F11.22Opioid dependence with intoxication
- F11.23Opioid dependence with withdrawal
- F11.24Opioid dependence with opioid-induced mood disorder
- F11.25Opioid dependence with opioid-induced psychotic disorder
- F11.28Opioid dependence with other opioid-induced disorder
- F11.29Opioid dependence with unspecified opioid-induced disorder