T54.2X

The ICD-10-CM code for toxic effects of corrosive acids and acid-like substances is T54.2X. The full clinical description is "Toxic effects of corrosive acids and acid-like substances". T54.2X is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code T54.2X represents "Toxic effects of corrosive acids and acid-like substances". It is classified under Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, T54.2X is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 4 child codes under T54.2X.

T54.2X is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

T54.2X 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.-).

T54.2X has 4 child codes, including: T54.2X1 (Toxic effect of corrosive acids and acid-like substnc, acc), T54.2X2 (Toxic effect of corrosv acids and acid-like substnc, slf-hrm), T54.2X3 (Toxic effect of corrosv acids and acid-like substnc, assault), T54.2X4 (Toxic effect of corrosive acids and acid-like substnc, undet).

Yes, when using T54.2X 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.-).

T54.2X is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0497015. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.