BC Advantage - 2020 Issue 1

ICD-10-CM Official Coding Guidelines: Supplement Coding Encounters Related to E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use Introduction

The purpose of this document is to provide official diagnosis coding guidance for healthcare encounters related to the 2019 healthcare encounters and deaths related to e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI).  This guidance is consistent with current clinical knowledge about e-cigarette, or vaping, related disorders. As necessary, this guidance will be updated as new clinical information becomes available.  The clinical scenarios described below are not exhaustive and may not represent all possible reasons for healthcare encounters that may be related to e-cigarette, or vaping, product use. Proposals for new codes that are intended...

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