Mild intermittent asthma, uncomplicated J45.20 Uncomplicated Severe persistent asthma, uncomplicated J45.50 J45.909 Unspecified asthma, uncomplicated Mild intermittent asthma with (acute) exacerbation J45.21 Mild persistent asthma with (acute) exacerbation J45.31 Acute Exacerbation Moderate persistent asthma with (acute) exacerbation J45.41 Severe persistent asthma with (acute) exacerbation J45.51 Unspecified asthma with (acute) exacerbation J45.901 Mild intermittent asthma with status asthmaticus J45.22 Mild persistent asthma with status asthmaticus J45.32 Status Asthmaticus Mild persistent asthma with status asthmaticus J45.42 Severe persistent asthma with status asthmaticus J45.52 Unspecified asthma with status asthmaticus J45.902 Cause While documenting the cause of asthma, common codes used include Z77.22 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (acute) (chronic) F17.228 Nicotine dependence, chewing tobacco, with other nicotine-induced disorders P96.81 Exposure to (parental) (environmental) tobacco smoke in the perinatal period F17.298 Nicotine dependence, other tobacco product, with other nicotine-induced disorders Z87.891 Personal history of nicotine dependence Z72.0 Tobacco use Codes that are exceptions from a diagnosis as J45 asthma Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to other organic dusts (wood asthma) J67.8 Pneumonitis due to inhalation of other solids and liquids (detergent asthma) J69.8 Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified (eosinophilic asthma) J82 J60 Coal worker's pneumoconiosis (miner's asthma) R06.2 Wheezing Other key things medical coders must note include These types of asthma cannot be combined with a J45 code because the conditions cannot coexist
Experimental animals, such as rats and mice, exhibit a nicotine withdrawal syndrome that, like the human syndrome, includes both somatic signs and a negative affective state (Watkins et al., 2000
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