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ICD-10-CM Code for Tobacco use Z72.0

ICD-10 code Z72.0 for Tobacco use is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .

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Tobacco use
Tobacco use NOS
Excludes1: history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
nicotine dependence (F17.2-)
tobacco dependence (F17.2-)
tobacco use during pregnancy (O99.33-)

Z72

Excludes2: problems related to life-management difficulty (Z73.-)
problems related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65)

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MEAT criteria
[QUOTE="TThivierge, post: 510717, member: 216725"] Hi Blackhorse:) You know MEAT means Monitor Evaluate Assess and Treatment from doc s notes as documentation guide. When you read the provider s d... [ Read More ]
MEAT criteria
Hi Blackhorse:) You know MEAT means Monitor Evaluate Assess and Treatment from doc s notes as documentation guide. When you read the provider s documentation you must get the sense of what he or s... [ Read More ]
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NEED covering dx for peripheral nerve block of internal branch of laryngeal nerve
[QUOTE="TThivierge, post: 506815, member: 216725"] Hi Tiaralady6466 I would use the primary dx code use the G52.1 Glossopharyngeal Nerve which is 12 the cranial nerve in the neck goes to base of tongu... [ Read More ]
NEED covering dx for peripheral nerve block of internal branch of laryngeal nerve
Hi Tiaralady6466 I would use the primary dx code use the G52.1 Glossopharyngeal Nerve which is 12 the cranial nerve in the neck goes to base of tongue & is affected by swallowing. Also check out dx c... [ Read More ]
Z79.899 Coding long term meds
Hi Savannah I just wanted to mention of the patient is a smoker and has a illness of HTN, Respiratory,, Cardiac, Gastro, Eye or Ear problems add the Z72.0 or past history code Z87.891. These might be ... [ Read More ]
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