ICD-10-CM Code T62.8
Toxic effect of other specified noxious substances eaten as food
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 T62.8 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the one child codes of T62.8 that describes the diagnosis 'toxic effect of oth noxious substances eaten as food' in more detail.
- T62.8 Toxic effect of other specified noxious substances eaten as food NON-BILLABLE
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- T62.8X1 Toxic effect of other specified noxious substances eaten as food, accidental (unintentional) NON-BILLABLE
- T62.8X2 Toxic effect of other specified noxious substances eaten as food, intentional self-harm NON-BILLABLE
- T62.8X3 Toxic effect of other specified noxious substances eaten as food, assault NON-BILLABLE
- T62.8X4 Toxic effect of other specified noxious substances eaten as food, undetermined NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code T628 is used to code Epidemic dropsy
Epidemic dropsy is a form of edema of extremities due to intoxication with Argemone mexicana (Mexican prickly poppy).
| Specialty: | Emergency Medicine |
Epidemic dropsy patients with the characteristic bilateral pitting edema of the extremities (indicated by arrows)
Parent Code: T62 - Toxic effect of other noxious substances eaten as food