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[9] [10] [11] Terms used include "environmental tobacco smoke" to refer to the airborne matter, while "involuntary smoking" and "passive smoking" refer to exposure to secondhand smoke. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The term "environmental tobacco smoke" can be traced back to a 1974 industry-sponsored meeting held in Bermuda , while the term "passive smoking ...
ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [1]
Active or passive exposure to cigarette smoke is the most well-established risk factor for desquamative interstitial pneumonia. DIP has also been reported in those who do not smoke which indicates that there are other risk factors for DIP. [6]
Sidestream smoke is the main component (around 85%) of second-hand smoke (SHS), also known as Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) or passive smoking. [2] The relative quantity of chemical constituents of sidestream smoke are different from those of directly inhaled ("mainstream") smoke, although their chemical composition is similar. [ 3 ]
The ICD-10 Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) is a set of diagnosis codes used in the United States of America. [1] It was developed by a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human services, [ 2 ] as an adaption of the ICD-10 with authorization from the World Health Organization .
Regardless of active or passive smokers, macrophage accumulation is found in the lungs. [3] [5] The diagnostic methods for smoke-related diseases include bronchoalveolar lavage which can also be used for examining smoker's macrophages in addition to augmented inflammatory cells in the alveolar lumen. [1]
Smoke inhalation is the breathing in of harmful fumes (produced as by-products of combusting substances) through the respiratory tract. [1] This can cause smoke inhalation injury (subtype of acute inhalation injury) which is damage to the respiratory tract caused by chemical and/or heat exposure, as well as possible systemic toxicity after smoke inhalation.
Under the proposal, the ICD-9-CM code sets would be replaced with the ICD-10-CM code sets, effective 1 October 2013. On 17 April 2012 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rule that would delay, from 1 October 2013 to 1 October 2014, the compliance date for the ICD-10-CM and PCS. [22]