ICDcodes.org
FY2027

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

Billable

Is F17.290 billable?

Yes — F17.290 is billable for FY2027. F17.290 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. F17.290 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

F17.290 at a glance

CodeF17.290
DescriptionNicotine dependence, other tobacco product, uncomplicated
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

What Medicare edits apply to F17.290?

The Medicare Code Editor screens inpatient claims before they are grouped. These edits name F17.290 directly.

Cannot be a principal diagnosis — MCE edit 9

CMS will reject this code as the principal diagnosis on an inpatient claim. It describes something other than the condition chiefly responsible for the admission.

Which MS-DRGs does F17.290 group to?

F17.290 sits in MDC 23 and helps define the logic of 1 MS-DRG (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.

  • 951Other Factors Influencing Health Statusmedical

How is F17.290 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to F17.290. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Dependence › drug NEC › nicotine › specified product NEC (on) (syndrome)

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from F17

The conditions below can never be reported together with F17.290 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

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

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 5

The conditions below are not part of F17.290, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, F17.290 and the excluded code may both be reported.

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

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from F17

The conditions below are not part of F17.290, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, F17.290 and the excluded code may both be reported.

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

How long has F17.290 existed?

F17.290 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.

Which conditions are coded to F17.290?

What other codes are in the F17.29 family? (4)