Selecting the wrong F11.2x subcategory creates a mismatch between documented clinical status and the submitted code, which is a primary reason for claim denial and post-payment audit risk
Despite early reports suggesting that smoking tobacco might have beneficial effects on cognition 7,8 and a reduced risk of dementia 9 , more recent evidence clearly suggests that active smoking has neurotoxic effects on the brain 10,11,12 and is associated with a doubling of dementia risk for older adults 13
This past summer, Encores Fid Guru Blog published the article Two District Courts Allow Tobacco Surcharge Cases to Advance, Establishing Troubling Precedents for both Tobacco Surcharge Cases and Other ERISA Cases. In this article, we highlighted separate federal district court rulings allowing two tobacco surcharge lawsuits to survive the motion-to-dismiss, and forecasted that these rulings would lead to an increase in the number of similar tobacco surcharge lawsuits being filed
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Although nicotine yields per puff were similar between products, small cigars delivered substantially higher amounts of nicotine per unit than cigarettes
