F19.10 — Other psychoactive substance abuse, uncomplicated
F19.10 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other psychoactive substance 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.
- Other (or unknown) substance use disorder, mild
Risk adjustment
F19.10 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
F19.10 is named in 14 Medicare coverage policies — 12 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 F19.10 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 F19.10.
- Abuse›drug NEC(non-dependent)
- Abuse›drug NEC›psychoactive NEC
- Disorder›substance use›mild
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F19.1. If F19.10 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- F19.11Other psychoactive substance abuse, in remission
- F19.12Other psychoactive substance abuse with intoxication
- F19.13Other psychoactive substance abuse with withdrawal
- F19.14Other psychoactive substance abuse with psychoactive substance-induced mood disorder
- F19.15Other psychoactive substance abuse with psychoactive substance-induced psychotic disorder
- F19.16Other psychoactive substance abuse with psychoactive substance-induced persisting amnestic disorder
- F19.17Other psychoactive substance abuse with psychoactive substance-induced persisting dementia
- F19.18Other psychoactive substance abuse with other psychoactive substance-induced disorders
- F19.19Other psychoactive substance abuse with unspecified psychoactive substance-induced disorder
Questions about F19.10
- Is F19.10 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. F19.10 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does F19.10 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).