New Zealand Health Terminology Service (NZHTS) Implementation Guide
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CodeSystem: SNOMED CT NZ Edition Smoking Status Fragment (Experimental)

Official URL: http://snomed.info/sct Version: http://snomed.info/sct/21000210109/version/20260401
Draft as of 2026-04-01 Computable Name: SCTNZSmokingStatusFragment

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A non-authoritative fragment of the SNOMED CT New Zealand Edition containing the concepts used by the New Zealand smoking status reference set. This resource exists to support local IG publication and validation; SNOMED CT NZ Edition remains the authoritative terminology source.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

This case-sensitive code system http://snomed.info/sct provides a fragment that includes following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinition
77176002 Currently smoking A person whose lifetime tobacco use exceeds 100 cigarettes and who has smoked within the preceding 28 days.
735128000 Ex-smoking for less than 1 year A person whose lifetime tobacco use exceeds 100 cigarettes, who has not smoked within the preceding 28 days, and who stopped smoking less than 12 months ago.
48031000119106 Ex-smoking for more than 1 year A person whose lifetime tobacco use exceeds 100 cigarettes, who has not smoked within the preceding 28 days, and who stopped smoking 12 months ago or more.
266919005 Never smoked A person whose lifetime tobacco use does not exceed 100 cigarettes and who does not currently smoke.