III.2.17 Tobacco Use

Coding Instructions:

There are four separate fields for Tobacco Use.  The fields are:

1. Tobacco Use Cigarette

2. Tobacco Use Other Smoke

3. Tobacco Use Smokeless

4. Tobacco Use NOS

• Tobacco use should be recorded from sections such as the Nursing Interview Guide, Flow Chart, Vital Stats or Nursing Assessment section, or other available source from the patient’s reporting facility medical record or physician office record.

• Electronic cigarettes are NOT to be coded in this data item.

• The collection of Tobacco Use will be divided into three types of tobacco products and when tobacco use is indicated, but type is not specified:

• Cigarette smoking

• Smoking tobacco products other than cigarettes (e.g., pipes, cigars, kreteks)

• Smokeless tobacco products (e.g., chewing tobacco, snuff, etc.)

• Tobacco, NOS

• Use code 0 if the medical record indicates “None,” (“Never Used”).  

• Use code 9 (Unknown/not stated/no smoking specifics provided) if the medical record only indicates “No,” rather than “Never used.”

• The CDC will use the volume of cases coded to “9” to help determine the availability of information related to tobacco use in the medical record.

Codes:

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