Oth psychoactive substance abuse w oth disorder

This code signifies a patient's problematic pattern of use of multiple psychoactive substances (excluding alcohol, opioids, cannabis, sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics, stimulants, hallucinogens, and inhalants) that leads to clinically significant impairment or distress, and is accompanied by a co-occurring mental or behavioral disorder directly caused by the substance use. This includes conditions like substance-induced psychosis, anxiety disorder, or mood disorder.

Use this code when documentation clearly indicates abuse of "other" specified or unspecified psychoactive substances (e.g., phencyclidine, volatile solvents, or multiple substances not otherwise classified) and a direct causal link to a substance-induced mental health condition. This requires a physician's diagnosis of both the substance abuse and the induced disorder.

• Ensure the documentation specifies "abuse" and not "dependence" for the substance use.
• Verify the induced disorder is explicitly linked to the "other psychoactive substance" use.
• Do not use if the substance is alcohol, opioids, cannabis, sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics, stimulants, hallucinogens, or inhalants; specific codes exist for those.