T56

ICD-10-CM code T56 represents "Toxic effect of metals". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, T56 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 10 child codes under T56.

T56 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

T56 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.-); and 2 more.

T56 has 10 child codes, including: T56.0 (Toxic effects of lead and its compounds), T56.1 (Toxic effects of mercury and its compounds), T56.2 (Toxic effects of chromium and its compounds), T56.3 (Toxic effects of cadmium and its compounds), and 6 more.

Yes, when using T56 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.-); code to identify any retained metal foreign body, if applicable (Z18.0-, T18.1-).

T56 is linked to 3 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0274869, C4290404, C4290405. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.