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F12.91 ICD-10-CM Code: Cannabis use, unspecified, in remission

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
1 inclusion term · 2 Excludes1

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 894 — ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE, LEFT AMA (MDC 20)
  • MS-DRG 895 — ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE WITH REHABILITATION THERAPY (MDC 20)
  • MS-DRG 896 — ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE WITHOUT REHABILITATION THERAPY WITH MCC (MDC 20)
  • MS-DRG 897 — ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE WITHOUT REHABILITATION THERAPY WITHOUT MCC (MDC 20)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for F12.91 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2026Effective: October 1, 2025

Notes without a marker are published on F12.91 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Includes

Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.

  • marijuana

Source: inherited from F12

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Source: inherited from F12.9

Coder workflow for F12.91

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code F12.91

  1. Unspecified does not mean incorrect. When the record gives no greater specificity, F12.91 may be the appropriate code. Check the record for detail that supports a more specific sibling — in this subcategory the siblings differ by remission status, the presence or absence of the associated condition. An unspecified code is for records that do not provide the detail a more specific code needs; a query, not an assumption, is the route to specificity (Guidelines I.A.9.b, I.B.18).

    See the relationships section · Guide: Other vs unspecified (NEC vs NOS) →

  2. Check the Excludes1 note: if the documentation supports a condition named there, do not simply proceed with F12.91. Excludes1 conditions are not reported together with this code unless the record shows they are unrelated (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

    See the official tabular notes

Choose the right path

  1. Does the record document the detail a more specific sibling code needs?
    Yes → Review the specific siblings in this subcategory.
    No → Continue — F12.91 is appropriate when the documentation goes no further.
  2. Does the documentation support a condition named in F12.91’s Excludes1 note?
    Yes → Do not simply proceed: review the excluded code. Both are reported only when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated.
    No → Continue.

    ReviewF12.1, F12.2

Consider F12.91. Then confirm the code is valid for the date of service in the Verify section.

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
Remission status
Remission is coded only when the provider documents it.
The associated condition or complication
Whether the associated condition the title names is documented; the “with” convention presumes some links, and a provider statement that the conditions are unrelated defeats it (Guidelines I.A.15).
Any detail beyond this code’s title
What the record states that a more specific sibling code would capture — or its absence, which itself supports the unspecified code.

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes1 — check before selecting F12.91(2 notes)

    Coding workflow: If the documentation supports a condition named in this note, do not simply proceed with F12.91: the two are not reported together. The one exception is when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

    CompareF12.1, F12.2

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.a

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Documentation: The provider documents the condition in the terms of this code’s title and records no further detail.

Coding question: Is a more specific sibling code supportable?

Path: Review the subcategory for a sibling that names the missing detail.

Reason: A more specific code needs documentation of the distinguishing element; without it the unspecified code is appropriate, and a provider query is the route to specificity (Guidelines I.A.9.b, I.B.18).

Documentation: Both the condition F12.91 describes and a condition named in its Excludes1 note are documented for the same encounter.

Coding question: Can both codes be reported?

Path: Review the Excludes1 note and the excluded code, and look for a provider statement on whether the two conditions are related.

Reason: Excludes1 means the two are not coded together; the exception is when the record shows the conditions are unrelated to each other (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

ReviewF12.1, F12.2

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Code Overview

Cannabis use, unspecified, in remission is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (F12.91).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Indexed Clinical Terms (1)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

Official Coding Guidelines

Official source data — quoted verbatim from the CMS/NCHS Official Guidelines

Official source data — quoted verbatim from the CMS/NCHS Official Guidelines

Verbatim excerpts from the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (CMS/NCHS) that govern this code.

Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01 – F99)

3) Psychoactive Substance Use, Unspecified As with all other unspecified diagnoses, the codes for unspecified psychoactive substance use (F10.9-, F11.9-, F12.9-, F13.9-, F14.9-, F15.9-, F16.9-, F18.9-, F19.9-) should only be assigned based on provider documentation and when they meet the definition of a reportable diagnosis (see Section III, Reporting Additional Diagnoses). These codes are to be used only when the psychoactive substance use is associated with a substance related disorder (chapter 5 disorders such as sexual dysfunction, sleep disorder, or a mental or behavioral disorder) or medical condition, and such a relationship is documented by the provider.

Verify Before Coding

  • No Medicare Code Editor or MS-DRG Definitions Manual restrictions apply to this code.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder structured relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name F12.91 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 4 Excludes1 notes across 2 chapters: F12.1 — Cannabis abuse (via F12.9.-), F12.2 — Cannabis dependence (via F12.9.-), R41.3 — Other amnesia (via F12.-), R44 — Other symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions (via F12.-).

These codes’ tabular lists mark this diagnosis as mutually exclusive — not reported together unless the conditions are documented as unrelated.

Referenced by 33 Excludes2 notes across 4 chapters: F02 — Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere (via F12.-), F06 — Other mental disorders due to known physiological condition (via F12.-), F06.0 — Psychotic disorder with hallucinations due to known physiological condition (via F12.-), F06.2 — Psychotic disorder with delusions due to known physiological condition (via F12.-), F06.3 — Mood disorder due to known physiological condition (via F12.-), F06.4 — Anxiety disorder due to known physiological condition (via F12.-), F20 — Schizophrenia (via F12.-), F55 — Abuse of non-psychoactive substances (via F12.-), F63 — Impulse disorders (via F12.-), F63.1 — Pyromania (via F12.-), R78 — Findings of drugs and other substances, not normally found in blood (via F12.-), T36 — Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of systemic antibiotics (via F12.-), T36-T39 — Antibiotics & Anti-infectives (T36-T39) (via F12.-), T36-T50 — Poisoning by, adverse effects of and underdosing of drugs, medicaments and biological substances (T36-T50) (via F12.-), T37 — Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other systemic anti-infectives and antiparasitics (via F12.-), T38 — Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of hormones and their synthetic substitutes and antagonists, not elsewhere classified (via F12.-), T39 — Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of nonopioid analgesics, antipyretics and antirheumatics (via F12.-), T40 — Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of narcotics and psychodysleptics [hallucinogens] (via F12.-), T40-T41 — Analgesics & Antipyretics (T40-T41) (via F12.-), T41 — Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of anesthetics and therapeutic gases (via F12.-), +13 more.

These codes’ tabular lists name this diagnosis as distinct — both may be reported when both are documented.

Referenced by 2 Use Additional Code instructions across 2 chapters: O99.32 — Drug use complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (via F12.-), Z71.5 — Drug abuse counseling and surveillance (via F12.-).

These codes instruct coders to additionally report this code when it applies.

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2026)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2026 MS-DRG: not on the CMS CC/MCC list — as a secondary diagnosis this code does not change MS-DRG severity for that release.

Named in the grouper logic of 4 MS-DRGs: DRG 894 (MDC 20), DRG 895 (MDC 20), DRG 896 (MDC 20), DRG 897 (MDC 20).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):MBD026 — Mental and substance use disorders in remission (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Mental and substance use disorders in remission).

F10.11 — Alcohol abuse, in remission, F10.21 — Alcohol dependence, in remission, F10.91 — Alcohol use, unspecified, in remission, F11.11 — Opioid abuse, in remission, F11.21 — Opioid dependence, in remission, F11.91 — Opioid use, unspecified, in remission, F12.11 — Cannabis abuse, in remission, F12.21 — Cannabis dependence, in remission, F13.11 — Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic abuse, in remission, F13.21 — Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic dependence, in remission, F13.91 — Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified, in remission, F14.11 — Cocaine abuse, in remission, F14.21 — Cocaine dependence, in remission, F14.91 — Cocaine use, unspecified, in remission, F15.11 — Other stimulant abuse, in remission, F15.21 — Other stimulant dependence, in remission, F15.91 — Other stimulant use, unspecified, in remission, F16.11 — Hallucinogen abuse, in remission, F16.21 — Hallucinogen dependence, in remission, F16.91 — Hallucinogen use, unspecified, in remission, +23 more

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main term “Use”; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

F11.91 — Opioid use, unspecified, in remission (opioid, in remission), F11.920 — Opioid use, unspecified with intoxication, uncomplicated (opioid, with, intoxication, uncomplicated), F11.921 — Opioid use, unspecified with intoxication delirium (opioid, with, intoxication, with, delirium), F11.922 — Opioid use, unspecified with intoxication with perceptual disturbance (opioid, with, intoxication, with, perceptual disturbance), F11.929 — Opioid use, unspecified with intoxication, unspecified (opioid, with, intoxication), F11.93 — Opioid use, unspecified with withdrawal (opioid, with, withdrawal), F11.94 — Opioid use, unspecified with opioid-induced mood disorder (opioid, with, disorder, mood), F11.982 — Opioid use, unspecified with opioid-induced sleep disorder (opioid, with, disorder, sleep), F11.988 — Opioid use, unspecified with other opioid-induced disorder (opioid, with, disorder, specified type NEC), F11.99 — Opioid use, unspecified with unspecified opioid-induced disorder (opioid, with, disorder), F13.90 — Sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic use, unspecified, uncomplicated (sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic), F13.91 — Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified, in remission (sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic, in remission), F13.920 — Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified with intoxication, uncomplicated (sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic, with, intoxication, uncomplicated), F13.921 — Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified with intoxication delirium (sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic, with, intoxication, with, delirium), F13.929 — Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified with intoxication, unspecified (sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic, with, intoxication), F13.950 — Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified with sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic-induced psychotic disorder with delusions (sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic, with, psychosis, delusions), F13.951 — Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified with sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic-induced psychotic disorder with hallucinations (sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic, with, psychosis, hallucinations), F13.959 — Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified with sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic-induced psychotic disorder, unspecified (sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic, with, psychosis), F13.96 — Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified with sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic-induced persisting amnestic disorder (sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic, with, persisting, amnestic disorder), F13.97 — Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use, unspecified with sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic-induced persisting dementia (sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic, with, persisting, dementia), +95 more

Lab tests where this diagnosis supports Medicare coverage (NCD)

Medicare's National Coverage Determination (NCD) program lists this diagnosis as medical justification for these lab tests.

Gamma-glutamyl Transferase (GGT) Test, Hepatitis Testing, HIV Screening Test

Contextual Map

Every relationship of F12.91 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Run F12.91 with these 14 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

Referenced by Excludes2 notes (33)

Referenced by Use Additional Code instructions

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

  • MDC 20 — Alcohol or Drug Use or Induced Organic Mental Disorders[MDC crossing]: “Alcohol or Drug Use or Induced Organic Mental Disorders — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 35 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026

Index entries

  • Use (of), cannabis, in remission[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026

Nearest codes (40)

Change history

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2026 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2025 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Coding guidelines Official source data
ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (FY2026), quoted by section Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v43.1 (April 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v43 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

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Reference this page in a research guide, syllabus or article. The release is included because code content changes each year.

MedCoder.ai. "F12.91 — Cannabis use, unspecified, in remission." ICD-10-CM FY2026. https://medcoder.ai/icd10/code/f12.91-cannabis-use-unspecified-in-remission

Change history

  • FY2023 — October 1, 2022
    Added to the code set
    Cannabis use, unspecified, in remission
    FY2023 changes

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to F12.91 in its code family, with their registry titles.

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