F18.17: Inhalant abuse with inhalant-induced dementia
F18.17 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for inhalant abuse with inhalant-induced dementia. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check F18.17 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Inhalant use disorder, mild, with inhalant induced major neurocognitive disorder
Risk adjustment
F18.17 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 135 Drug Use with 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. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Medicare coverage
F18.17 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 12 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
- A56645Billing and Coding: Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing
- A56756Billing and Coding: Home Health - Psychiatric Care
- A56767Billing and Coding: Heavy Metal Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Abuse›drug NEC›inhalant›with›dementia, persisting
- Disorder›inhalant use›mild›with›inhalant-induced›major neurocognitive disorder
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under F18.1
- F18.10Inhalant abuse, uncomplicated
- 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
- F18.18Inhalant abuse with other inhalant-induced disorders
- F18.19Inhalant abuse with unspecified inhalant-induced disorder