F14.9
F14.9 — Cocaine use, unspecified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
F14.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cocaine 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 F14.9
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at F14.9. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading F14.9 alone.
Risk adjustment
F14.9 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 F14.9
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- F14.90Cocaine use, unspecified, uncomplicated
- F14.91Cocaine use, unspecified, in remission
- F14.92Cocaine use, unspecified with intoxication
- F14.93Cocaine use, unspecified with withdrawal
- F14.94Cocaine use, unspecified with cocaine-induced mood disorder
- F14.95Cocaine use, unspecified with cocaine-induced psychotic disorder
- F14.98Cocaine use, unspecified with other specified cocaine-induced disorder
- F14.99Cocaine use, unspecified with unspecified cocaine-induced disorder
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F14. If F14.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about F14.9
- Is F14.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. F14.9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does F14.9 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 F14.9?
- F14.9 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.