1. Mental Health ICD 10 Updates
ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting FY 2017
(October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2017)
5. Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01 – F99)................... 36
a. Pain disorders related to psychological factors..................................................................... 36
b. Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use ................................... 36
5. Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01 – F99)
a. Pain disorders related to psychological factors
Assign code F45.41, for pain that is exclusively related to psychological disorders.
As indicated by the Excludes 1 note under category G89, a code from category
G89 should not be assigned with code F45.41.
Code F45.42, Pain disorders with related psychological factors, should be used
with a code from category G89, Pain, not elsewhere classified, if there is
documentation of a psychological component for a patient with acute or chronic
pain.
See Section I.C.6. Pain
b. Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use
1) In Remission
Selection of codes for “in remission” for categories F10-F19, Mental and
behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use (categories F10-F19 with
-.21) requires the provider’s clinical judgment. The appropriate codes for “in
remission” are assigned only on the basis of provider documentation (as defined
in the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting).
2) Psychoactive Substance Use, Abuse And Dependence
When the provider documentation refers to use, abuse and dependence of the
same substance (e.g. alcohol, opioid, cannabis, etc.), only one code should be
assigned to identify the pattern of use based on the following hierarchy:
• If both use and abuse are documented, assign only the code for abuse

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• If both abuse and dependence are documented, assign only the code for
dependence
• If use, abuse and dependence are all documented, assign only the code for
dependence
• If both use and dependence are documented, assign only the code for
dependence.
3) Psychoactive Substance Use
As with all other diagnoses, the codes for psychoactive substance use (F10.9-,
F11.9-, F12.9-, F13.9-, F14.9-, F15.9-, F16.9-) should only be assigned based on
provider documentation and when they meet the definition of a reportable
diagnosis (see Section III, Reporting Additional Diagnoses). The codes are to be
used only when the psychoactive substance use is associated with a mental or
behavioral disorder, and such a relationship is documented by the provider.
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An example of the etiology/manifestation convention is dementia in Parkinson’s
disease. In the Alphabetic Index, code G20 is listed first, followed by code F02.80
or F02.81 in brackets. Code G20 represents the underlying etiology, Parkinson’s
disease, and must be sequenced first, whereas codes F02.80 and F02.81 represent
the manifestation of dementia in diseases classified elsewhere, with or without
behavioral disturbance.
“Code first” and “Use additional code” notes are also used as sequencing rules in
the classification for certain codes that are not part of an etiology/ manifestation
combination.
See Section I.B.7. Multiple coding for a single condition.
The history Z code categories are:

3. Z81 Family history of mental and behavioral disorders
Z91.4- Personal history of psychological trauma, not elsewhere classified
Z91.5 Personal history of self-harm
Z91.8- Other specified personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified
Z64 Problems related to certain psychosocial
Z65 Problems related to other psychosocial circumstances
Z72 Problems related to lifestyle
Note: These codes should be assigned only when the documentation specifies
that the patient has an associated problem
Z73 Problems related to life management difficulty
Z69 Encounter for mental health services for victim and perpetrator of abuse
Z70 Counseling related to sexual attitude, behavior and orientation
Z71 Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical
advice, not elsewhere classified
Z86.59 Personal history of other mental and behavioral disorders