F17.21

Nicotine dependence, cigarettes

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 5 never code together

F17code

Excludes1

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

Excludes2

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

F01-F99chapter

Excludes2

symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)R00-R99

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 1

F01-F99chapter

Includes

disorders of psychological development

Index entries leading here 1 filed at F17.2

The index files this at F17.2. The tabular extends it — laterality, staging, or the 7th character — so these entries lead to the family rather than to F17.21 exactly.

Syndrome — see also Disease
- dependence — see F10-F19 with fourth character .2

Alongside this code 3 same parent — F17.2

F17.20 Nicotine dependence, unspecified category F17.22 Nicotine dependence, chewing tobacco category F17.29 Nicotine dependence, other tobacco product category

Subordinate codes 5

F17.210 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, uncomplicated F17.211 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, in remission F17.213 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, with withdrawal F17.218 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, w oth disorders F17.219 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, w unsp disorders

Additional references

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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Risk adjustment

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

Presence is a property of the code. Untick a model to hide it everywhere.

This code

Billable: no
Code set: FY2026
Parent: F17.2
Block: F10-F19
Siblings: 3
Subordinate: 5

Present FY2024–FY2027.