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    Wiki ICD10 J section code also note

    At the beginning of the J section in the ICD10-CM book, there is a note to code also, "Where applicable" the smoking status of a patient. I would like to know if anyone has a coding clinic answer as to whether this "where applicable" pertains to where the code also is noted in the tabular or if...
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    Wiki Never Smoked Status Code

    Hello all, I was recently asked if there was an ICD-10 code we should use if the patient has never smoked. I did come across, in a patient's H&P once, code Z78.9 Other specified health status. Does anyone have any insight on this? Currently if we have a patient that has never smoked, we make...
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