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Wiki DX: Tobacco use OR Cigarettes Use

Thread starter veloso
Start date Nov 15, 2017

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veloso

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Nov 15, 2017

Hi All,
When to use Tobacco Use Z72.0? VERSUS Nicotine Dependence, Cigarettes? I have seen coders used Z72.0 for patients ' Smoking Cigarettes even for long period of time' please advise.

Also for Blindness Category H54.4xxx what to use? if the progress notes does not have ANY CATERGORY?

Thank you,
IM

Last edited: Nov 15, 2017

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