ICD-10-CM Code T59.5
Toxic effect of fluorine gas and hydrogen fluoride
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 T59.5 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the one child codes of T59.5 that describes the diagnosis 'toxic effect of fluorine gas and hydrogen fluoride' in more detail.
- T59.5 Toxic effect of fluorine gas and hydrogen fluoride NON-BILLABLE
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- T59.5X1 Toxic effect of fluorine gas and hydrogen fluoride, accidental (unintentional) NON-BILLABLE
- T59.5X2 Toxic effect of fluorine gas and hydrogen fluoride, intentional self-harm NON-BILLABLE
- T59.5X3 Toxic effect of fluorine gas and hydrogen fluoride, assault NON-BILLABLE
- T59.5X4 Toxic effect of fluorine gas and hydrogen fluoride, undetermined NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code T595 is used to code Fluoride toxicity
Although safe and even healthy at low concentrations, sustained consumption of large amounts of soluble fluoride salts is dangerous. Referring to a common salt of fluoride, sodium fluoride (NaF), the lethal dose for most adult humans is estimated at 5 to 10 g (which is equivalent to 32 to 64 mg/kg elemental fluoride/kg body weight). Ingestion of fluoride can produce gastrointestinal discomfort at doses at least 15 to 20 times lower (0.2–0.3 mg/kg or 100 to 150 mg for a 50 kg person) than lethal doses. Although helpful for dental health in low dosage, chronic exposure to fluoride in large amounts interferes with bone formation. In this way, the most widespread examples of fluoride poisoning arise from consumption of ground water that is abnormally fluoride-rich.
| Specialty: | Emergency Medicine |
| MeSH Code: | D005458 |
Parent Code: T59 - Toxic effect of other gases, fumes and vapors