ICD-10-CM Code T57.0
Toxic effect of arsenic and its compounds
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code T57.0 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the one child codes of T57.0 that describes the diagnosis 'toxic effect of arsenic and its compounds' in more detail.
- T57.0 Toxic effect of arsenic and its compounds NON-BILLABLE
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- T57.0X1 Toxic effect of arsenic and its compounds, accidental (unintentional) NON-BILLABLE
- T57.0X2 Toxic effect of arsenic and its compounds, intentional self-harm NON-BILLABLE
- T57.0X3 Toxic effect of arsenic and its compounds, assault NON-BILLABLE
- T57.0X4 Toxic effect of arsenic and its compounds, undetermined NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code T570 is used to code Arsenic poisoning
Arsenic poisoning is a medical condition caused by elevated levels of arsenic in the body. The dominant basis of arsenic poisoning is from groundwater that naturally contains high concentrations of arsenic. A 2007 study found that over 137 million people in more than 70 countries are probably affected by arsenic poisoning from drinking water.
| Specialty: | Toxicology |
| MeSH Code: | D020261 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 985.1 |
Arsenic poisoning is a global problem arising from naturally occurring arsenic in ground water.
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Arsenic-induced skin malignancy (disorder)
Parent Code: T57 - Toxic effect of other inorganic substances