E869.4 Second-hand tobacco smoke
reference:
You would report an E code. Per AHA Coding Clinic, 4th quarter, 1994, pg.44
E869.4, accidental poisoning by second-hand tobacco smoke is used to identify non-smokers exposed to "second-hand smoke". In order to assign E869.4, the physician must provide documentation that second-hand smoke or environmental tobacco smoke is the external cause. When there is NO condition or symptom, this code should not be assigned.
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Dawson Ballard, Jr., CPC, CEMC, CPMA, CCS-P
Coder