F12.23 — Cannabis dependence with withdrawal
F12.23 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for cannabis dependence with withdrawal. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
F12.23 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.
Medicare coverage
F12.23 is named in 18 Medicare coverage policies — 16 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
- A56614Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
How F12.23 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 F12.23.
- Withdrawal state›cannabis
- Dependence›drug NEC›cannabis›with›withdrawal
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F12.2. If F12.23 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- F12.20Cannabis dependence, uncomplicated
- F12.21Cannabis dependence, in remission
- F12.22Cannabis dependence with intoxication
- F12.25Cannabis dependence with psychotic disorder
- F12.28Cannabis dependence with other cannabis-induced disorder
- F12.29Cannabis dependence with unspecified cannabis-induced disorder
Questions about F12.23
- Is F12.23 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. F12.23 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does F12.23 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).