F15.99 — Other stimulant use, unspecified with unspecified stimulant-induced disorder
F15.99 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other stimulant use, unspecified with unspecified stimulant-induced disorder. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
F15.99 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
F15.99 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 F15.99 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 F15.99.
- Use›stimulant NEC›with›unspecified disorder
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F15.9. If F15.99 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- F15.90Other stimulant use, unspecified, uncomplicated
- F15.91Other stimulant use, unspecified, in remission
- F15.92Other stimulant use, unspecified with intoxication
- F15.93Other stimulant use, unspecified with withdrawal
- F15.94Other stimulant use, unspecified with stimulant-induced mood disorder
- F15.95Other stimulant use, unspecified with stimulant-induced psychotic disorder
- F15.98Other stimulant use, unspecified with other stimulant-induced disorder
Questions about F15.99
- Is F15.99 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. F15.99 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does F15.99 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).