F17.211 — Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, in remission
F17.211 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for nicotine dependence, cigarettes, in remission. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Tobacco use disorder, cigarettes, mild, in early remission
- Tobacco use disorder, cigarettes, mild, in sustained remission
- Tobacco use disorder, cigarettes, moderate, in early remission
- Tobacco use disorder, cigarettes, moderate, in sustained remission
- Tobacco use disorder, cigarettes, severe, in early remission
- Tobacco use disorder, cigarettes, severe, in sustained remission
Risk adjustment
F17.211 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
F17.211 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies — 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 3 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
- A56865Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalizationnot covered
- A59718Billing and Coding: Opioid Treatment Programsnot covered
- A57052Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
How F17.211 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 F17.211.
- Disorder›tobacco use›cigarettes›in remission(early) (sustained)
- Dependence›drug NEC›nicotine›cigarettes›with disorder›in remission
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F17.21. If F17.211 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about F17.211
- Is F17.211 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. F17.211 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does F17.211 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).