Life has a different meaning to everyone. Each person has a different meaning, reason, goals, purpose, beliefs, and more. People see life differently than others, too.
In the ICD-10-CM index to diseases and injuries (alphabetic index), the code next to the main term called a default code. It would represent the condition that is commonly related with the main term. In a case where the condition is not documented in a record without any information, then this code should be assigned.
Major Smoking<span>-Related </span>Diseases<span>. </span>Cigarette-smoking<span> leads to an </span>increased<span> risk of</span>heart disease<span>, the leading cause of death in the United States (USDHHS, 2000); and the surgeon general's 1983 report (USDHHS, 1983) concluded that </span>cigarette-smoking<span> is the most important modifiable risk factor for </span>coronary heart disease<span>.</span>
