Is F17.29 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. F17.29 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does F17.29 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).

What cannot be coded together with F17.29?

F17.29 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above F17.29 (F17) and apply to it just the same.

F17.29

F17.29 — Nicotine dependence, other tobacco product

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

F17.29 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for nicotine dependence, other tobacco product. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above F17.29

These are not written on F17.29, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing F17.29 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on F17 — Nicotine dependence

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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F17.29

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of F17.29, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

Written on F17 — Nicotine dependence

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

Other codes that can never be billed with F17.29

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at F17.29. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading F17.29 alone.

Z77.22Contact with and (suspected) exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (acute) (chronic)

Risk adjustment

F17.29 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.

Code history

F17.29 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead F17.29

5 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share F17.2. If F17.29 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about F17.29

Is F17.29 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. F17.29 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does F17.29 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).
What cannot be coded together with F17.29?: F17.29 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above F17.29 (F17) and apply to it just the same.