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ICD-10-CM Codes
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S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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T36-T50
Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of drugs, medicaments and biological substances
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Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of topical agents primarily affecting skin and mucous membrane and by ophthalmological, otorhinorlaryngological and dental drugs
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T49.8X3A
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T49.8X3A
Poisoning by other topical agents, assault, initial encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- T49.8X3A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Poisoning by other topical agents, assault, init encntr
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM T49.8X3A became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T49.8X3A - other international versions of ICD-10 T49.8X3A may differ.
The following code(s) above
T49.8X3A contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
T49.8X3A:
- S00-T88
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesNote- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
Use Additional- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - T36-T50
2021 ICD-10-CM Range T36-T50
Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of drugs, medicaments and biological substancesCode First- , for adverse effects, the nature of the adverse effect, such as:
- adverse effect NOS (T88.7)
- aspirin gastritis (K29.-)
- blood disorders (D56-D76)
- contact dermatitis (L23-L25)
- dermatitis due to substances taken internally (L27.-)
- nephropathy (N14.0-N14.2)
Includes- adverse effect of correct substance properly administered
- poisoning by overdose of substance
- poisoning by wrong substance given or taken in error
- underdosing by (inadvertently) (deliberately) taking less substance than prescribed or instructed
Note- The drug giving rise to the adverse effect should be identified by use of codes from categories T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5.
Type 1 Excludes- toxic reaction to local anesthesia in pregnancy (O29.3-)
Type 2 Excludes- abuse and dependence of psychoactive substances (F10-F19)
- abuse of non-dependence-producing substances (F55.-)
- immunodeficiency due to drugs (D84.821)
- drug reaction and poisoning affecting newborn (P00-P96)
- pathological drug intoxication (inebriation) (F10-F19)
Use Additional- code(s) to specify:
- manifestations of poisoning
- underdosing or failure in dosage during medical and surgical care (Y63.6, Y63.8-Y63.9)
- underdosing of medication regimen (Z91.12-, Z91.13-)
Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of drugs, medicaments and biological substances - T49
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T49
Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of topical agents primarily affecting skin and mucous membrane and by ophthalmological, otorhinorlaryngological and dental drugs
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Includes- poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of glucocorticoids, topically used
Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of topical agents primarily affecting skin and mucous membrane and by ophthalmological, otorhinorlaryngological and dental drugs - T49.8
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T49.8
Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other topical agents
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of spermicides
Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other topical agents
ICD-10-CM T49.8X3A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 917 Poisoning and toxic effects of drugs with mcc
- 918 Poisoning and toxic effects of drugs without mcc
Convert T49.8X3A to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To T49.8X3A
T49.8X Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other topical agents
T49.8X1 Poisoning by other topical agents, accidental (unintentional)
T49.8X2 Poisoning by other topical agents, intentional self-harm
T49.8X3 Poisoning by other topical agents, assault
T49.8X3A
…… initial encounter
T49.8X4 Poisoning by other topical agents, undetermined
T49.8X5 Adverse effect of other topical agents
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.