ICD-10-CM · Chapter 5 · F01–F99
F17.220
Nicotine dependence, chewing tobacco, uncomplicated
Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders
Quick facts
- Code
- F17.220
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 5 — Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders
- Category
- F17 — Nicotine dependence
- Specificity
- 6 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM F17.220 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of nicotine dependence, chewing tobacco, uncomplicated. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in F17
- F17Nicotine dependence
- F17.2Nicotine dependence
- F17.20Nicotine dependence, unspecified
- F17.200Nicotine dependence, unspecified, uncomplicated
- F17.201Nicotine dependence, unspecified, in remission
- F17.203Nicotine dependence unspecified, with withdrawal
- F17.208Nicotine dependence, unspecified, with other nicotine-induced disorders
- F17.209Nicotine dependence, unspecified, with unspecified nicotine-induced disorders
- F17.21Nicotine dependence, cigarettes
- F17.210Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, uncomplicated
- F17.211Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, in remission
- F17.213Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, with withdrawal
- F17.218Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, with other nicotine-induced disorders
- F17.219Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, with unspecified nicotine-induced disorders
- F17.22Nicotine dependence, chewing tobacco
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