F13.99 — Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified with unspecified sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic-induced disorder
F13.99 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified with unspecified sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic-induced disorder. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
F13.99 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
F13.99 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies — 8 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
- A56645Billing and Coding: Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing
- A56756Billing and Coding: Home Health - Psychiatric Care
How F13.99 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 F13.99.
- Use›sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic›with›unspecified disorder
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F13.9. If F13.99 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- F13.90Sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic use, unspecified, uncomplicated
- F13.91Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified, in remission
- F13.92Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified with intoxication
- F13.93Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified with withdrawal
- F13.94Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified with sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic-induced mood disorder
- F13.95Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified with sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic-induced psychotic disorder
- F13.96Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified with sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic-induced persisting amnestic disorder
- F13.97Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified with sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic-induced persisting dementia
- F13.98Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified with other sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic-induced disorders
Questions about F13.99
- Is F13.99 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. F13.99 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does F13.99 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).