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P96.81

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Exposure to (parental) (environmental) tobacco smoke in the perinatal period

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A newborn was exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke from parents or the environment during pregnancy or shortly after birth.

Coding Tips

  • •This is an exposure code; document whether exposure occurred prenatally (maternal smoking) or postnatally (environmental)
  • •Use this code to track environmental risk factors even if no acute symptoms are present at birth

Excludes 2 — Not included here, may code separately

  • newborn affected by in utero exposure to tobacco (P04.2)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke after the perinatal period (Z77.22)

Code Hierarchy

└P96Other conditions originating in the perinatal period└P96.8Other specified conditions originating in the perinatal period└P96.81Exposure to (parental) (environmental) tobacco smoke in the perinatal period
└P96.81Exposure to (parental) (environmental) tobacco smoke in the perinatal period

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