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Some Specificity Needed for Alcohol Use Reporting

Published on Thu Apr 17, 2025

Question: My practitioner recently documented “occasional alcohol use” in the social history section of a patient’s medical record. Is this a scenario where I would use the code for unspecified alcohol use, F10.90? Wisconsin Subscriber Answer: In this situation, there doesn’t immediately seem to be a reason to code F10.90 (Alcohol use, unspecified, uncomplicated), but it’s hard to know for sure without [...]
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