F10.131 — Alcohol abuse with withdrawal delirium
Is F10.131 billable?
Yes — F10.131 is billable for FY2027. F10.131 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. F10.131 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
F10.131 at a glance
| Code | F10.131 |
|---|---|
| Description | Alcohol abuse with withdrawal delirium |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does F10.131 group to?
F10.131 sits in MDC 20 and helps define the logic of 4 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 894Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence, Left AMAmedical
- 895Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence with Rehabilitation Therapymedical
- 896Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy with MCCmedical
- 897Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without MCCmedical
As a secondary diagnosis, F10.131 is a complication or comorbidity (CC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.
How is F10.131 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to F10.131. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Alcohol, alcoholic, alcohol-induced › delirium › abuse
- Abuse › alcohol › with › withdrawal › delirium
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from F10.1
The conditions below can never be reported together with F10.131 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Use additional code — inherited from F10
Report an additional code alongside F10.131 to fully describe the condition. F10.131 is sequenced first.
- code for blood alcohol level, if applicable (Y90.-)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 5
The conditions below are not part of F10.131, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, F10.131 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
How long has F10.131 existed?
F10.131 first appears in FY2021 (FY2020 is not available, so it may have appeared then).
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.