U07.0 Emergency use of U07.0 | Vaping-related disorder

ICD-10-CM Code U07.0: Emergency use of U07.0 | Vaping-related disorder

ICD-10-CM code U07.0 represents vaping-related disorder, implemented effective April 1, 2020. The National Center for Health Statistics introduced this code in response to recent occurrences of vaping-related disorders. The condition, also known as EVALI, is an acute or subacute respiratory illness associated with the use of e-cigarette or vaping products. 2 3 4 5

Plain-language overview

Vaping-associated pulmonary injury, also called e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI), is an acute or subacute respiratory illness characterized by a spectrum of clinicopathologic findings mimicking various pulmonary diseases. 2

What this code represents

In response to recent occurrences of vaping related disorders, the National Center for Health Statistics implemented a new diagnosis code, U07.0, for reporting vaping-related disorder in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification. 3 5

Coding details

The implementation of the new ICD-10-CM code U07.0 for reporting vaping-related disorder has an effective date of April 1, 2020, and was added to version 37.2 of the Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups. 4 5

Coverage and utilization context

For purposes of case-mix adjustment under the Home Health Prospective Payment System, the diagnosis code U07.0 is assigned to the Medication Management, Teaching and Assessment-Respiratory clinical group. 3

Documentation considerations

Health care providers evaluating patients for EVALI are directed to ask about the use of e-cigarette, or vaping, products, including types of substances used, product source, specific product brand and name, duration and frequency of use, and product delivery system. 1

Clinical context

Of the agents associated with e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury, vitamin E acetate is the most recognized agent according to the cited clinical literature. 2

What the sources add

While clinical sources describe EVALI as a potentially fatal disease with reported deaths, federal coding sources establish the administrative implementation of U07.0 for reporting vaping-related disorders effective April 1, 2020. 2 3 5

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and state and local health departments investigated a multistate outbreak of lung injury associated with the use of electronic cigarette or vaping products. 1

Sources

1. Update: Interim Guidance for Health Care Providers Evaluating ... — cdc.gov; accessed 2026-07-25.
2. Bookshelf — ncbi.nlm.nih.gov; accessed 2026-07-25.
3. Home Health Patient-Driven Groupings Model — cms.gov; accessed 2026-07-25.
4. Update to the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth — cms.gov; accessed 2026-07-25.
5. New ICD-10-CM code for vaping-related disorder to be ... — cdc.gov; accessed 2026-07-25.