490 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Functional Consequences of Substance/Medication-
Induced Mental Disorders
The same consequences related to the relevant  independent mental disorder (e.g., suicide
attempts) are likely to apply to the substance/medi cation-induced mental disorders, but
these are likely to disappear within 1 month after abstinence. Similarly, the same func-
tional consequences associated with the relevant substance use disorder are likely to be seen
for the substance-indu ced mental disorders.
Recording Procedures fo r Substance/Medication-
Induced Mental Disorders
Coding notes and separate recording procedures for ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM codes for
other specific substance/medi cation-induced mental diso rders are provided in other
chapters of the manual with disorders with  which they share phenomenology (see the sub-
stance/medication-indu ced mental disorders in these chapters: “Schizophrenia Spectrum
and Other Psychotic Disorders,” “Bipolar and Related Disorders,” “Depressive Disor-
ders,” “Anxiety Disorders,” “Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders,” “Sleep-
Wake Disorders,” “Sexual Dysfunctions,” and “Neurocognitive Disorders”). Generally,
for ICD-9-CM, if a mental disorder is induced by a substance use disorder, a separate di-
agnostic code is given for the specific substance use disorder, in addition  to the code for the
substance/medication-induced mental disord er. For ICD-10-CM, a single code combines
the substance-induced mental disorder with the substance use disorder. A separate diag-
nosis of the comorbid substance use disorder is  not given, although the name and severity
of the specific substance use disorder (whe n present) are used when recording the sub-