F17.203 — Nicotine dependence unspecified, with withdrawal
F17.203 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for nicotine dependence unspecified, with withdrawal. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Tobacco withdrawal
Risk adjustment
F17.203 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
F17.203 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies — 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 2 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
- A59718Billing and Coding: Opioid Treatment Programsnot covered
- A56756Billing and Coding: Home Health - Psychiatric Care
- A56937Billing and Coding: Psychiatry and Psychology Services
How F17.203 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to F17.203.
- Tobacco›withdrawal state
- Dependence›drug NEC›nicotine›with disorder›withdrawal
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F17.20. If F17.203 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about F17.203
- Is F17.203 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. F17.203 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does F17.203 sit in the tabular list?
- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19).