Is F17 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. F17 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does F17 sit in the tabular list?

Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19).

What cannot be coded together with F17?

F17 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

F17

F17 — Nicotine dependence

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

F17 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for nicotine dependence. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

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

Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

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

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at F17. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading F17 alone.

Z72.0Tobacco use
Z77.22Contact with and (suspected) exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (acute) (chronic)
Z87.891Personal history of nicotine dependence

Risk adjustment

F17 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Code to one of these instead F17

1 child code. Green means billable.

F17.2Nicotine dependence

Questions about F17

Is F17 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. F17 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does F17 sit in the tabular list?: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19).
What cannot be coded together with F17?: F17 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.