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Medical Staff ? 12.26.2017

Talk Ten (ICD 10) Tuesday Tips....Got a Minute:

Specificity: noun spec?i?fic?i?ty \spe-s-fi-s-t\ the quality or condition of being free from ambiguity

Did you know `Tobacco Abuse' codes to `Tobacco Use'? To capture increased severity:

If you mean "DEPENDENCE"....Please state

"Tobacco Dependence"

Also document:

1) What is the Substance (e.g., cigarette, chewing tobacco,

other, etc.)

2) Is it: Use, Abuse (=Use), or Dependence

3) Whether condition is: "In Remission", "Withdrawal", "With other nicotine induced disorder", please specify.

4) "History of" or a "Current Condition"

Consider below examples: ? Patient with current tobacco (cigarette) use and dependence ? Patient with history of tobacco dependence, in remission ? Current tobacco (chewing tobacco) dependence with nicotine disorder ? Current tobacco dependence with withdrawal, nicotine craving.

Not Part of the Medical Record

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