F10.6 ICD-10-CA code: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, amnesic syndrome
F10.6 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, amnesic syndrome” in CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026.
Official description
F10.6Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, amnesic syndrome
Short description: Ment/beh disrd dt alcohol use amnesic
ICD-10-CA · Canada · Also written F106
Index terms
Entries in CIHI’s alphabetical index that lead to F10.6. Searching the index by the condition the note names is how coders reach this code.
- Wernicke-Korsakov syndrome
- Alcoholism (chronic), Korsakov's
- Amnes(t)ic syndrome, alcohol induced
- Psychosis, psychotic, alcoholic, Korsakov's
- Psychosis, psychotic, Korsakov's (alcoholic)
- Psychosis, psychotic, alcoholic, polyneuritic
- Psychosis, psychotic, polyneuritic, alcoholic
- Disorder (of), persisting, amnestic, alcoholic
- Disorder (of), amnesic, amnestic, alcohol induced
- Korsakov's disease, psychosis or syndrome (alcoholic)
- Psychosis, psychotic, alcoholic, amnestic confabulatory
- Syndrome, amnesic, amnestic (confabulatory) (due to), alcohol induced
- Syndrome, amnesic, amnestic (confabulatory) (due to), organic, alcohol induced
- Alcohol, alcoholic, alcohol induced, delirium (acute) (tremens) (withdrawal), chronic
- Delirium, delirious (acute or subacute) (not alcohol or drug induced), alcoholic (acute) (tremens) (withdrawal), chronic
Notes for F10.6
As CIHI prints them, with any note F10.6 takes from the headings above it.
Includes
- Amnestic disorder, alcohol- or drug-inducedKorsakov's psychosis or syndrome, alcohol- or other psychoactive substance-induced or unspecified
- Disorders of psychological developmentFrom Chapter 5: Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)
Use additional code
Add a code for this detail when the note documents it.
- Use additional code, (E51.2 † G32.8*) when associated with Wernicke's disease or syndrome.
Excludes
Conditions classified elsewhere.
- Nonalcoholic Korsakov's psychosis or syndrome (F04)
- Abuse of non-dependence-producing substances (F55)From F10-F19 Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use
- Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)From Chapter 5: Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)
Note
- A syndrome associated with chronic prominent impairment of recent and remote memory. Immediate recall is usually preserved and recent memory is characteristically more disturbed than remote memory. Disturbances of time sense and ordering of events are usually evident, as are difficulties in learning new material. Confabulation may be marked but is not invariably present. Other cognitive functions are usually relatively well preserved and amnesic defects are out of proportion to other disturbances.
- This block contains a wide variety of disorders that differ in severity and clinical form but that are all attributable to the use of one or more psychoactive substances, which may or may not have been medically prescribed. The third character of the code identifies the substance involved, and the fourth character specifies the clinical state. The codes should be used, as required, for each substance specified, but it should be noted that not all fourth-character codes are applicable to all substances.Identification of the psychoactive substance should be based on as many sources of information as possible. These include self-report data, analysis of blood and other body fluids, characteristic physical and psychological symptoms, clinical signs and behaviour, and other evidence such as a drug being in the patient's possession or reports from informed third parties. Many drug users take more than one type of psychoactive substance. The main diagnosis should be classified, whenever possible, according to the substance or class of substances that has caused or contributed most to the presenting clinical syndrome. Other diagnoses should be coded when other psychoactive substances have been taken in intoxicating amounts (common fourth character .0) or to the extent of causing harm (common fourth character .1), dependence (common fourth character .2) or other disorders (common fourth character .3-.9).Only in cases in which patterns of psychoactive substance-taking are chaotic and indiscriminate, or in which the contributions of different psychoactive substances are inextricably mixed, should the diagnosis of disorders resulting from multiple drug use (F19.-) be used.From F10-F19 Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use
Where F10.6 sits
- 1ChapterChapter 5: Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)
- 2Block F10-F19Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use
- 3Category F10Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol
- 4Valid code F10.6Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, amnesic syndrome
Source and release
- Data release
- ICD-10-CA · FY 2026–2027
- Effective date
- Apr 1, 2026
- Publisher
- CIHI
This page is built from the ICD-10-CA catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Canadian Institute for Health Information’s FY 2026–2027 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.
Frequently asked questions
What does ICD-10-CA code F10.6 mean?
F10.6 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, amnesic syndrome” in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release.
Where is F10.6 in ICD-10-CA?
F10.6 sits under F10 Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, within F10-F19 Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use, within Chapter 5: Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99).
What coding notes apply to F10.6?
ICD-10-CA lists Note, Includes, Use additional code, Excludes notes for F10.6, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.
Which ICD-10-CA release does this page use?
It uses CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.
Codes beside F10.6
View F10F10.0Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, acute intoxicationF10.1Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, harmful useF10.2Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, dependence syndromeF10.3Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, withdrawal stateF10.4Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, withdrawal state with deliriumF10.5Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, psychotic disorderF10.7Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, residual and late-onset psychotic disorderF10.8Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, other mental and behavioural disordersF10.9Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, unspecified mental and behavioural disorder