291.81 ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 291.81

Short Description: Alcohol withdrawal

Long Description: Alcohol withdrawal

Code Classification:

  • Mental disorders (290–319)
    • Organic psychotic conditions (290-294)
      • 291 Alcoholic psychoses
        • 291.81 Alcohol withdrawal

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 291.81 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Abstinence symptoms or syndrome
    • alcohol� 291.81
  • Alcohol, alcoholic
    • abstinence 291.81
    • withdrawal symptoms, syndrome NEC 291.81
      • delirium 291.0
      • hallucinosis 291.3
  • Cystitis (bacillary) (colli) (diffuse) (exudative) (hemorrhagic) (purulent) (recurrent) (septic) (suppurative) (ulcerative) 595.9
  • Dependence
    • with
      • withdrawal symptoms
        • alcohol 291.81
  • Deprivation
    • symptoms, syndrome
      • alcohol 291.81
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • abstinence
      • alcohol 291.81
    • alcohol withdrawal 291.81
    • withdrawal
      • alcohol 291.81
  • Withdrawal symptoms, syndrome
    • alcohol 291.81
      • delirium (acute) 291.0
        • chronic 291.1
        • newborn 760.71

Crosswalk Information

The code 291.81 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
291.81 Right Arrow F10.239 Alcohol dependence with withdrawal, unspecified
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
291.0 Alcohol withdrawal delirium
291.1 Alcohol-induced persisting amnestic disorder
291.2 Alcohol-induced persisting dementia
291.3 Alcohol-induced psychotic disorder with hallucinations
291.4 Idiosyncratic alcohol intoxication
291.5 Alcohol-induced psychotic disorder with delusions
291.82 Alcohol induced sleep disorders
291.89 Other alcohol-induced mental disorders
291.9 Unspecified alcohol-induced mental disorders


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