F17

Non-Billable
ChapterF01–F99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Nicotine dependence

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • •Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (F01-F99).

CH5 Parent Instructions

Includes
  • disorders of psychological development
Excludes2(Not included here)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

Instructional Notes

Excludes1(Not coded here)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • tobacco use NOS (Z72.0)
Excludes2(Not included here)
  • tobacco use (smoking) during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O99.33-)
  • toxic effect of nicotine (T65.2-)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH5Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)
F10-F19Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19)
F17Nicotine dependence
F17.2Nicotine dependence

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to F17:

chapterCH5
Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)
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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to F17. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

25 raw paths
Dependence (on) (syndrome)20 unique routes
drug NEC(20 variants)
nicotine→F17(20 variants)
chewing tobacco→F17(5 variants)
with disorder→F17(4 variants)
in remission→F17
specified disorder NEC→F17
withdrawal→F17
cigarettes→F17(5 variants)
with disorder→F17(4 variants)
in remission→F17
specified disorder NEC→F17
withdrawal→F17
specified product NEC→F17(5 variants)
with disorder→F17(4 variants)
remission→F17
specified disorder NEC→F17
withdrawal→F17
with disorder→F17(4 variants)
in remission→F17
specified disorder NEC→F17
withdrawal→F17
Disorder (of)5 unique routes
tobacco use(5 variants)
chewing tobacco (mild) (moderate) (severe)
in remission (early) (sustained)→F17
cigarettes (mild) (moderate) (severe)
in remission (early) (sustained)→F17
mild→F17(2 variants)
in remission (early) (sustained)→F17
moderate→F17

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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