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F17

⚠ Non-billable (Header)

Nicotine dependence

Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)

⚠️ This is a category header code — not billable. Use a more specific child code below.

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Cannot be coded with F17

  • • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • • tobacco use NOS (Z72.0)

⚠️ Excludes2

direct

May be coded together if both conditions coexist

  • • tobacco use (smoking) during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O99.33-)
  • • toxic effect of nicotine (T65.2-)

Child Codes (1)

F17.2Nicotine dependence

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Code Information

CodeF17
BillableNo — Header code
CategoryMental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)
Excludes12 rule(s)
Excludes22 note(s)
Child codes1

Data Source

CMS ICD-10-CM 2026 Tabular List

Updated October 1, 2025 (FY2026)