Version 2024

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F12.2

Cannabis dependence

ICD-10-CM Code:
F12.2
ICD-10 Code for:
Cannabis dependence
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Mental and behavioural disorders
    (F01–F99)
    • Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use
      (F10-F19)
      • Cannabis related disorders
        (F12)

F12.2 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of cannabis dependence. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Cannabis dependence

Non-specific codes like F12.2 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for cannabis dependence:

  • Use F12.20 for Cannabis dependence, uncomplicated - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F12.21 for Cannabis dependence, in remission - BILLABLE CODE

  • F12.22 for Cannabis dependence with intoxication - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F12.220 for Cannabis dependence with intoxication, uncomplicated - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F12.221 for Cannabis dependence with intoxication delirium - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F12.222 for Cannabis dependence with intoxication with perceptual disturbance - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F12.229 for Cannabis dependence with intoxication, unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F12.23 for Cannabis dependence with withdrawal - BILLABLE CODE

  • F12.25 for Cannabis dependence with psychotic disorder - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F12.250 for Cannabis dependence with psychotic disorder with delusions - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F12.251 for Cannabis dependence with psychotic disorder with hallucinations - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F12.259 for Cannabis dependence with psychotic disorder, unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

  • F12.28 for Cannabis dependence with other cannabis-induced disorder - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F12.280 for Cannabis dependence with cannabis-induced anxiety disorder - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F12.288 for Cannabis dependence with other cannabis-induced disorder - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F12.29 for Cannabis dependence with unspecified cannabis-induced disorder - BILLABLE CODE

Clinical Information

  • Cannabis Dependence

    physical and psychological dependence on the drug cannabis.
  • Cannabis Dependence with Cannabis-Induced Anxiety Disorder|Cannabis dependence with cannabis-induced anxiety disorder

    evidence of cannabis dependence with cannabis-induced anxiety disorder.
  • Cannabis Dependence with Intoxication Delirium|Cannabis dependence with intoxication delirium

    evidence of cannabis dependence with intoxication delirium.
  • Cannabis Dependence with Intoxication with Perceptual Disturbance|Cannabis dependence with intoxication with perceptual disturbance

    evidence of cannabis dependence with intoxication with perceptual disturbance.
  • Cannabis Dependence with Intoxication, Uncomplicated|Cannabis dependence with intoxication, uncomplicated

    evidence of cannabis dependence with intoxication, uncomplicated.
  • Cannabis Dependence with Intoxication, Unspecified|Cannabis dependence with intoxication, unspecified

    evidence of cannabis dependence with intoxication.
  • Cannabis Dependence with Other Cannabis-Induced Disorder|Cannabis dependence with other cannabis-induced disorder

    evidence of cannabis dependence with other cannabis-induced disorder.
  • Cannabis Dependence with Psychotic Disorder with Delusions|Cannabis dependence with psychotic disorder with delusions

    evidence of cannabis dependence with psychotic disorder with delusions.
  • Cannabis Dependence with Psychotic Disorder with Hallucinations|Cannabis dependence with psychotic disorder with hallucinations

    evidence of cannabis dependence with psychotic disorder with hallucinations.
  • Cannabis Dependence with Psychotic Disorder, Unspecified|Cannabis dependence with psychotic disorder, unspecified

    evidence of cannabis dependence with psychotic disorder.
  • Cannabis Dependence with Unspecified Cannabis-Induced Disorder|Cannabis dependence with unspecified cannabis-induced disorder

    evidence of cannabis dependence with unspecified cannabis-induced disorder.
  • Cannabis Dependence with Withdrawal|Cannabis dependence with withdrawal

    evidence of cannabis dependence with withdrawal.
  • Cannabis Dependence, Continuous Use

    physical and psychological dependence on the drug cannabis, which is associated with a pattern of continuous use.
  • Cannabis Dependence, Episodic Use

    physical and psychological dependence on the drug cannabis, which is associated with a pattern of episodic use.
  • Cannabis Dependence, in Remission|Cannabis dependence, in remission

    evidence of cannabis dependence, in remission.
  • Cannabis Dependence, Uncomplicated|Cannabis dependence, uncomplicated

    evidence of cannabis dependence, uncomplicated.

Patient Education


Marijuana

What is marijuana?

Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mix of dried, crumbled parts from the marijuana plant. The plant contains chemicals which act on your brain and can change your mood or consciousness.

How do people use marijuana?

There are many different ways that people use marijuana, including:

  • Rolling it up and smoking it like a cigarette or cigar
  • Smoking it in a pipe
  • Mixing it in food and eating it
  • Brewing it as a tea
  • Smoking oils from the plant ("dabbing")
  • Using electronic vaporizers ("vaping")

What are the effects of marijuana?

Marijuana can cause both short-term and long-term effects.

Short term:

While you are high, you may experience:

  • Altered senses, such as seeing brighter colors
  • Altered sense of time, such as minutes seeming like hours
  • Changes in mood
  • Problems with body movement
  • Trouble with thinking, problem-solving, and memory
  • Increased appetite

Long term:

In the long term, marijuana can cause health problems, such as:

  • Problems with brain development. People who started using marijuana as teenagers may have trouble with thinking, memory, and learning.
  • Coughing and breathing problems, if you smoke marijuana frequently
  • Problems with child development during and after pregnancy, if a woman smokes marijuana while pregnant

Can you overdose on marijuana?

It is possible to overdose on marijuana, if you take a very high dose. Symptoms of an overdose include anxiety, panic, and a rapid heartbeat. In rare cases, an overdose can cause paranoia and hallucinations. There are no reports of people dying from using just marijuana.

Is marijuana addictive?

After using marijuana for a while, it is possible to get addicted to it. You are more likely to become addicted if you use marijuana every day or you started using it when you were a teenager. If you are addicted, you will have a strong need to take the drug. You may also need to smoke more and more of it to get the same high. When you try to quit, you may have mild withdrawal symptoms such as:

  • Irritability
  • Trouble sleeping
  • Decreased appetite
  • Anxiety
  • Cravings

What is medical marijuana?

The marijuana plant has chemicals that can help with some health problems. More states are making it legal to use the plant as medicine for certain medical conditions. But there isn't enough research to show that the whole plant works to treat or cure these conditions. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved the marijuana plant as a medicine. Marijuana is still illegal at the national level.

However, there have been scientific studies of cannabinoids, the chemicals in marijuana. The two main cannabinoids that are of medical interest are THC and CBD. The FDA has approved two drugs that contain THC. These drugs treat nausea caused by chemotherapy and increase appetite in patients who have severe weight loss from AIDS. There is also a liquid drug that contains CBD. It treats two forms of severe childhood epilepsy. Scientists are doing more research with marijuana and its ingredients to treat many diseases and conditions.

NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse


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Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.