tobacco user code for chew able smoker for medicare mips eCQM: Preventive Care and Screening: Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention (CMS 138v5) Tobacco, Nicotine, & Vaping -

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Unacceptable principal diagnosis There are selected codes that describe a circumstance which influences an individual's health status but not a current illness or injury, or codes that are not specific manifestations but may be due to an underlying cause

Heres an example: I11.0 Hypertensive heart disease with heart failure HCC85 Congestive heart failure Coding for Tobacco Use or Exposure An additional ICD-10 code is required for all hypertension codes if the patient uses tobacco currently or had used it earlier

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