1. F55 Abuse of non-psychoactive substances

    Excludes2

    • abuse of psychoactive substances (F10-F19)
    1. F55.0 Abuse of antacids

    2. F55.1 Abuse of herbal or folk remedies

    3. F55.2 Abuse of laxatives

    4. F55.3 Abuse of steroids or hormones

    5. F55.4 Abuse of vitamins

    6. F55.8 Abuse of other non-psychoactive substances

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.