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2007 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Mental Disorders 290-319 > Neurotic Disorders, Personality Disorders, And Other Nonpsychotic Mental Disorders 300-316 > Nondependent Abuse Of Drugs 305.* > 2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 305.01 Nondependent alcohol abuse continuous drinking behavior This code may be outdated. View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 305.01 A primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and distortions in thinking, most notably denial. Each of these symptoms may be continuous or periodic. (Morse & Flavin for the Joint Commission of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the American Society of Addiction Medicine to Study the Definition and Criteria for the Diagnosis of Alcoholism: in JAMA 1992;268:1012-4) 305.01 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 305.* hierarchy