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ICD-10-CM Code T78
Adverse effects, not elsewhere classified

NON-BILLABLE
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-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code T78 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the six child codes of T78 that describes the diagnosis 'adverse effects, not elsewhere classified' in more detail.

The ICD code T78 is used to code Adverse effect

In medicine, an adverse effect is an undesired harmful effect resulting from a medication or other intervention such as surgery.

Specialty: Emergency Medicine
ICD 9 Code: 995.89
Source: Wikipedia

Coding Notes for T78 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Code Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here."
Complications of surgical and medical care NEC - instead, use Section T80-T88
7th Character Extension Notes:

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 Info
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category See Code T78

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'T78 - Adverse effects, not elsewhere classified'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code T78. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.

Quincke's disease or edema
Bannister's disease
Angioedema(allergic) (any site) (with urticaria)
Angioneurotic edema(allergic) (any site) (with urticaria)
Allergy, allergic(reaction) (to) +
Shock +
Disease, diseased (see: Syndrome) +
Urticaria +
Effect, adverse +
Edema, edematous(infectious) (pitting) (toxic) +
Reaction (see: Disorder) +
Giant +

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