ICD-10-CM Code T63.321
Toxic effect of venom of tarantula, accidental (unintentional)
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.7th Character Required
Code requires 7th Character Extension identifier. This 7th Character usually captures Episode of Care information, such as "Initial Encounter," "Subsquent Encounter," or "Sequela."ICD Code T63.321 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use specify a 7th character that describes the diagnosis 'toxic effect of venom of tarantula, accidental' in more detail. The 7th characters that can be added, and the resulting billable codes, are as follows:
7th Digit | Billable Code | 7th Digit Specifies |
---|---|---|
A | T63.321A | initial encounter |
D | T63.321D | subsequent encounter |
S | T63.321S | sequela |
What is 7th Character Extension?
For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier. T67.4XXA Initial Encounter or T67.4XXD Subsequent Encounter. More InfoThe ICD code T633 is used to code Spider bite
A spider bite, also known as arachnidism, is an injury resulting from the bite of a spider. The effects of most bites are not serious. Most bites result in mild symptoms around the area of the bite. Rarely they may produce a necrotic skin wound or severe pain.:455
Specialty: | Emergency Medicine |
MeSH Codes: | , , |
ICD 9 Codes: | 989.5, E905.1, E906.4 |
Chelicerae of a black wishbone (nemesiid) spider, a mygalomorph.
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Poisoning due to tarantula spider venom (disorder)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Episode of care information needed
ICD-10-CM Drugs Index References for 'T63.321 - Toxic effect of venom of tarantula, accidental (unintentional)'
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Parent Code: T63.32 - Toxic effect of venom of tarantula