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F17.290

F17.290: Nicotine dependence, other tobacco product, uncomplicated

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F17.290 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for nicotine dependence, other tobacco product, uncomplicated. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above F17.290

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on F17: Nicotine dependence

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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F17.290

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

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 F17.290

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

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

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

F17.290 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 3 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • 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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Dependence›drug NEC›nicotine›specified product NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under F17.29

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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