T54

ICD-10-CM code T54 represents "Toxic effect of corrosive substances". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, T54 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 5 child codes under T54.

T54 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

T54 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: birth trauma (P10-P15); obstetric trauma (O70-O71); contact with and (suspected) exposure to toxic substances (Z77.-).

T54 has 5 child codes, including: T54.0 (Toxic effects of phenol and phenol homologues), T54.1 (Toxic effects of other corrosive organic compounds), T54.2 (Toxic effects of corrosive acids and acid-like substances), T54.3 (Toxic effects of corrosive alkalis and alk-like substances), and 1 more.

Yes, when using T54 you should also code: code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-); code(s):; for all associated manifestations of toxic effect, such as: respiratory conditions due to external agents (J60-J70); personal history of foreign body fully removed (Z87.821); to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-).

T54 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0496102. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.