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AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2013 Issue 4; Ask the Editor
Nicotine Dependence and Nicotine Induced Disorders
A patient, who has been a cigarette smoker for 20+ years, presents with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Would it be appropriate for the coder to assume that the COPD was caused by the cigarettes and assign code F17.218, Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, with other nicotine induced disorders; or must the provider document the causal relationship?
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