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F13.232

F13.232: Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic dependence with withdrawal with perceptual disturbance

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F13.232 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic dependence with withdrawal with perceptual disturbance. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic withdrawal with perceptual disturbances

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above F13.232

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on F13.23: Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic dependence with withdrawal

  • sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic dependence with intoxication (F13.22-)

Written on F13.2: Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic-related dependence

  • sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic-related abuse (F13.1-)
  • sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic use, unspecified (F13.9-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F13.232

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on F13.2: Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic-related dependence

  • sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic poisoning (T42.-)

Risk adjustment

F13.232 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

  • HCC 135 Drug Use with 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

F13.232 is named in 19 Medicare coverage policies: 17 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 2 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
  • A59718Billing and Coding: Opioid Treatment Programsnot covered
  • A56614Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
  • A56645Billing and Coding: Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Disturbance›perceptual due to›anxiolytic withdrawal
  • Disturbance›perceptual due to›hypnotic withdrawal
  • Disturbance›perceptual due to›sedative withdrawal
  • Abstinence symptoms, syndrome›sedative›with›dependence›with›perceptual disturbance
  • Dependence›drug NEC›sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic›with›withdrawal›with›perceptual disturbance

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under F13.23

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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