Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM

F17 › F17.2

F17.21 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes

Not billable (header)Chapter 5

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Codes under this one

  • F17.210 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, uncomplicated
  • F17.211 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, in remission
  • F17.213 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, with withdrawal
  • F17.218 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, with other nicotine-induced disorders
  • F17.219 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, with unspecified nicotine-induced disorders

Instructional notes

Chapter 5

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Includes
  • disorders of psychological development

F17

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • tobacco use NOS (Z72.0)
Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
  • tobacco use (smoking) during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O99.33-)
  • toxic effect of nicotine (T65.2-)

Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders · F10-F19 Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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