F12.980
BillableCannabis use, unspecified with anxiety disorder
HCC Category Mapping
V28HCC 137 — Drug Use Disorder/Substance Use Disorder, Moderate/Severe
0.358V24HCC 55 — Drug/Alcohol Dependence
0.334ESRDHCC 55 — Drug/Alcohol Dependence
0.000What This Code Means
A person who uses cannabis without dependence and experiences anxiety disorder caused by their cannabis use.
Coding Tips
- •Confirm that anxiety is temporally related to cannabis use and not a pre-existing independent anxiety disorder
- •Document the specific anxiety symptoms and their relationship to cannabis use in the clinical record
Clinical Significance
Cannabis use, unspecified with anxiety disorder identifies a patient with cannabis-induced anxiety when the severity of the use disorder is not documented. Cannabis-induced anxiety is one of the most common adverse effects of cannabis use, particularly with high-potency products. Documenting this complication is clinically important for treatment planning and provides risk adjustment value in both V24 and V28 models.
Documentation Requirements
- ✓Documentation of cannabis use
- ✓Specific anxiety symptoms (generalized anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, etc.)
- ✓Clinical statement that anxiety is induced by cannabis use
- ✓Temporal relationship between cannabis use and anxiety symptoms
- ✓Exclusion of primary anxiety disorders unrelated to substance use
Commonly Confused Codes
F12.180 — Cannabis abuse with cannabis-induced anxiety disorder; use when abuse is documentedF12.280 — Cannabis dependence with cannabis-induced anxiety disorder; use when dependence is documentedF41.1 — Generalized anxiety disorder; use for primary anxiety not substance-inducedF41.0 — Panic disorder; use for primary panic disorder not substance-induced
Code Hierarchy
└F12Cannabis related disorders└F12.9Cannabis use, unspecified└F12.98Cannabis use, unspecified with other cannabis-induced disorder└F12.980Cannabis use, unspecified with anxiety disorder
└F12.980Cannabis use, unspecified with anxiety disorder