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F17.22

Nicotine dependence, chewing tobacco

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:

  • F17.220 Nicotine dependence, chewing tobacco, uncomplicated
  • F17.221 Nicotine dependence, chewing tobacco, in remission
  • F17.223 Nicotine dependence, chewing tobacco, with withdrawal
  • F17.228 Nicotine dependence, chewing tobacco, with other nicotine-induced disorders
  • F17.229 Nicotine dependence, chewing tobacco, with unspecified nicotine-induced disorders

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Nicotine dependence, chewing tobacco

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from F17 Nicotine dependence

Excludes1 - never coded here

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

Excludes2 - not included here

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
F17.20 Nicotine dependence, unspecified Not billable
F17.21 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes Not billable
F17.29 Nicotine dependence, other tobacco product Not billable