F12.929

HCC Category Mapping

What This Code Means

A person who uses cannabis without dependence and experiences intoxication, but the specific characteristics of the intoxication are not documented.

Coding Tips

• •This is a less specific code; clarify whether intoxication is complicated by perceptual disturbances before using this code
• •Use only when documentation does not provide sufficient detail to assign F12.920 or F12.922

Clinical Significance

Cannabis use, unspecified with unspecified intoxication is the least specific code for cannabis intoxication, used when neither the severity of the use disorder nor the specific features of intoxication are documented. This code represents a dual documentation gap and should prompt coders to query providers for both the severity of cannabis use and the nature of intoxication symptoms.

Documentation Requirements

• ✓Documentation of cannabis use
• ✓Evidence of intoxication at the encounter
• ✓Basic clinical findings supporting intoxication
• ✓Documentation of why more specific information is unavailable

Commonly Confused Codes