Reader Questions:
Document Opioid Addiction With This Code
Published on Thu Jun 03, 2021
Question: One of our patients is a former opioid addict, and I am not sure what ICD-10 code I should use to document this. Should I use F11.21 to indicate the patient is in remission, or should I use a history code such as Z86.59? Are there any ICD-10 guidelines for this? Or is there a medical definition that I [...]