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. 2022 Apr 12;37(8):2103–2109. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07035-6

Table 1.

Substance Identification and Classification. Substances Were Identified Based on Corresponding ICD-10 Codes. ICD-10 Definitions for Each Substance Code Are Presented in Brackets

Substance ICD-10 code
Opioids
Heroin T40.1 [heroin]
Natural and semi-synthetic opioids15 (excluding heroin and opium) T40.2 [other opioids]
Methadone T40.3 [methadone]
Synthetic opioids, excluding methadone15 T40.4 [other synthetic narcotics]
Opium and other and unspecified narcotics T40.1 [opium], T40.6 [other and unspecified narcotics]
Cocaine T40.5 [cocaine]
Antiepileptic and sedative-hypnotic drugs (excluding barbiturates and benzodiazepines) T42.0 [hydantoin derivatives], T42.1 [iminostilbenes], T42.2 [succinimides and oxazolidinediones], T42.5 [mixed antiepileptics, not elsewhere classified], T42.6 [other antiepileptic and sedative-hypnotic drugs], T42.7 [antiepileptic and sedative-hypnotic drugs, unspecified]
Barbiturates T42.3 [barbiturates] (excludes thiobarbiturates)
Benzodiazepines T42.4 [benzodiazepines]
Antidepressants T43.0 [tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants], T43.1 [monoamine-oxidase-inhibitor antidepressants], T43.2 [other and unspecified antidepressants]
Antipsychotic drugs T43.3 [phenothiazine antipsychotics and neuroleptics], T43.4 [butyrophenone and thioxanthene neuroleptics], T43.5 [other and unspecified antipsychotics and neuroleptics]
Psychostimulants (excluding cocaine) T43.6 [psychostimulants with abuse potential] (excludes cocaine)
Other and unspecified substances T50.9 [other and unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances]
Alcohol T51.0 [ethanol], T51.9 [unspecified alcohols]
Other specified non-opioids ICD-10 codes between T36.0 and T51.9 that are not listed above