F19.20 — Other psychoactive substance dependence, uncomplicated

BillableCC

Is F19.20 billable?

Yes — F19.20 is billable for FY2027. F19.20 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. F19.20 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

F19.20 at a glance

Code	F19.20
Description	Other psychoactive substance dependence, uncomplicated
Billable	Yes
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does F19.20 group to?

F19.20 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, F19.20 is a complication or comorbidity (CC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.

How is F19.20 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to F19.20. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

Addiction
Dependence (on) (syndrome)
Dependence › combinations of drugs (on) (syndrome)
Dependence › drug NEC (on) (syndrome)
Dependence › nitrous oxide (on) (syndrome)
Dependence › polysubstance (on) (syndrome)
Dependence › drug NEC › psychoactive NEC (on) (syndrome)
Dependence › ethyl › carbamate (on) (syndrome)
Dependence › ethyl › chloride (on) (syndrome)
Disorder › substance use › moderate or severe (of)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to F19.20.

Other (or unknown) substance use disorder, moderate
Other (or unknown) substance use disorder, severe

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from F19.2

The conditions below can never be reported together with F19.20 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

other psychoactive substance abuse (F19.1-)
other psychoactive substance use, unspecified (F19.9-)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 5

The conditions below are not part of F19.20, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, F19.20 and the excluded code may both be reported.

symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

How long has F19.20 existed?

F19.20 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.