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Dec 22nd, 2011 - drashish 17
coding for former smoker
how do I code someone who is a former smoker?
also if they had a Hx of abdominal aortic aneursym repair 5 years ago?
thx in advance
Dec 22nd, 2011 - nmaguire 2,606
re: coding for former smoker
Former smoker = V15.82
V15.1, Personal history of surgery to heart and great vessels, if truly a history and not currently present