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ICD-10-CM vaping coding guidance

• Documented e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury. Assign a code for the specific condition, such as J68.0, Bronchitis and pneumonitis due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors, includes chemical pneumonitis; J69.1, Pneumonitis due to inhalation of oils and essences, includes lipoid pneumonia; J80, Acute respiratory distress syndrome; J82, Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified; J84.114, Acute interstitial pneumonitis; J84.89, Other specified interstitial pulmonary disease.
  
  
• Acute lung injury but without further documentation identifying a specific condition. Assign code J68.9, Unspecified respiratory condition due to chemicals, gases, fumes, and vapors.
  
  
• Acute nicotine exposure and/or acute tetrahydrocannabinol toxicity. Assign code T65.291-, Toxic effect of other nicotine and tobacco, accidental (unintentional), includes toxic effect of other tobacco and nicotine NOS, or assign code T40.7X1-, Poisoning by cannabis (derivatives), accidental (unintentional).

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/icd/Vapingcodingguidance2019_10_17_2019.pdf

NEWS ALERT: New Code for EVALI – MedLearn Publishing

Emergency release of the new EVALI code by CDC. On Dec. 9, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published additional guidance regarding e-cigarette/vaping associated lung injury (EVALI). The new code is U07.0 (Vaping-related disorder). The CDC consulted with the World...

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