F18.10 — Inhalant abuse, uncomplicated
F18.10 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for inhalant abuse, uncomplicated. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Inhalant use disorder, mild
Risk adjustment
F18.10 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 138 Drug Use Disorder, Mild, Uncomplicated, Except Cannabis0.423 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
F18.10 is named in 19 Medicare coverage policies — 17 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
- A56865Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalizationnot covered
- A54799Billing and Coding: Urine Drug Testing
- A55001Billing and Coding: Urine Drug Testing
How F18.10 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 F18.10.
- Abuse›drug NEC›inhalant
- Disorder›inhalant use›mild
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F18.1. If F18.10 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- F18.11Inhalant abuse, in remission
- F18.12Inhalant abuse with intoxication
- F18.14Inhalant abuse with inhalant-induced mood disorder
- F18.15Inhalant abuse with inhalant-induced psychotic disorder
- F18.17Inhalant abuse with inhalant-induced dementia
- F18.18Inhalant abuse with other inhalant-induced disorders
- F18.19Inhalant abuse with unspecified inhalant-induced disorder
Questions about F18.10
- Is F18.10 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. F18.10 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does F18.10 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).