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F19.981

F19.981Other psychoactive substance use, unspecified with psychoactive substance-induced sexual dysfunction

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F19.981 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other psychoactive substance use, unspecified with psychoactive substance-induced sexual dysfunction. 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-induced sexual dysfunction, without use disorder

Risk adjustment

F19.981 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

F19.981 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies 9 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
  • A56645Billing and Coding: Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing
  • A56756Billing and Coding: Home Health - Psychiatric Care
  • A56818Billing and Coding: Urine Drug Testing

How F19.981 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 F19.981.

  • Substance-inducedsexual dysfunction
  • Dysfunctionsexualpsychoactive substances NEC
  • Usepsychoactive drug NECwithsexual dysfunction

Related codes at this level

Codes that share F19.98. If F19.981 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about F19.981

Is F19.981 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
Yes. F19.981 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does F19.981 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).
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.