Wiki Need help coding Alcohol use disorder with two problems

Alcohol with-drawl is actually classified under dependence - so I would use F10.230 - and then a separate code for the Depressive disorder. Unless the provider notes that the depression is from the dependence/with-drawl. (F10.24)
Hopefully that helps?
 
I’m pretty sure you will code the alcohol with withdrawal (F10.239) AND the alcohol with depression (F10.24). Provider documentation needs to specify that the depression and alcohol are not linked to code separately.
 
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