F18.14 — Inhalant abuse with inhalant-induced mood disorder
F18.14 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for inhalant abuse with inhalant-induced mood disorder. 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, with inhalant induced depressive disorder
Risk adjustment
F18.14 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
F18.14 is named in 19 Medicare coverage policies — 18 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 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
- A56614Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
- A56645Billing and Coding: Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing
- A56685Billing and Coding: Partial Hospitalization Programs
How F18.14 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 F18.14.
- Abuse›drug NEC›inhalant›with›mood disorder
- Disorder›inhalant use›mild›with›inhalant-induced›depressive disorder
- Disorder›mood›due to›inhalant›in›abuse
- Disorder›mood›due to›volatile solvents›in›abuse
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F18.1. If F18.14 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- F18.10Inhalant abuse, uncomplicated
- F18.11Inhalant abuse, in remission
- F18.12Inhalant abuse with intoxication
- 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 F18.14
- Is F18.14 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. F18.14 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does F18.14 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).