F10.9
Alcohol use, unspecified
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 2 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 3 never code together
F01-F99chapter
Excludes2
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)R00-R99
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 2
Index entries leading here 1 filed at F10
The index files this at F10. The tabular
extends it — laterality, staging, or the 7th character — so these entries
lead to the family rather than to F10.9 exactly.
- Intoxication
- meaning
- inebriation F10
- meaning
Alongside this code 2 same parent — F10
Subordinate codes 10
F10.90 Alcohol use, unspecified, uncomplicated F10.91 Alcohol use, unspecified, in remission F10.92 Alcohol use, unspecified with intoxication F10.93 Alcohol use, unspecified with withdrawal F10.94 Alcohol use, unspecified with alcohol-induced mood disorder F10.95 Alcohol use, unsp with alcohol-induced psychotic disorder F10.96 Alcohol use, unsp w alcoh-induce persist amnestic disorder F10.97 Alcohol use, unsp with alcohol-induced persisting dementia F10.98 Alcohol use, unsp with other alcohol-induced disorders F10.99 Alcohol use, unsp with unspecified alcohol-induced disorder
Additional references
AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required
Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.