ICD-9 Code E869.4
Second hand tobacco smoke
Not Valid for Submission
E869.4 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of second hand tobacco smoke. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
| ICD-9: | E869.4 |
| Short Description: | Scndhnd tbcco smoke |
| Long Description: | Second hand tobacco smoke |
Convert E869.4 to ICD-10
The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
Code Classification
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External causes of injury (V)
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Accidental poisoning by other solid and liquid substances, gases, and vapors (E860-E869)
- E869 Accidental poisoning by other gases and vapors
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Accidental poisoning by other solid and liquid substances, gases, and vapors (E860-E869)
Information for Medical Professionals
Information for Patients
Secondhand Smoke
Secondhand smoke is a mixture of the smoke that comes from the burning end of a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, and the smoke breathed out by the smoker. It contains more than 7,000 chemicals. Hundreds of those chemicals are toxic and about 70 can cause cancer.
Health effects of secondhand smoke include:
- Ear infections in children
- More frequent and severe asthma attacks in children
- Heart disease and lung cancer in adults who have never smoked
There is no safe amount of secondhand smoke. Even low levels of it can be harmful. The only way to fully protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke is not to allow smoking indoors.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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ICD-9 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.