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I have been using 305.1 to code vapor smoking/ e-cig use but feel that it is incorrect. Anyone else have a code that would be better for this scenario?
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Thanks for your response, I'm just thinking that 305.1 is tobacco use and there is no tobacco in the e-cig. Just the nicotine and other chemicalsIt is still 305.1, most e cigs do contain nicotine which is the addictive substance. The advantage of the e cig is to those around the smoker, cigs emit vapor which is not harmful like second hand smoke from traditional cigarettes.
This is limitations of ICD-9, but the alpha listing dependence, nicotine gives you the same 305.1, and under 305.1 nicotine dependence is listed as a synonymous term. ICD-10 CM has worded the code as nicotine dependence.