T56

The ICD-10-CM code for toxic effect of metals is T56. The full clinical description is "Toxic effect of metals". T56 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code T56 represents “Toxic effect of metals”. 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, 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, also report: 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.-); 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.

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T56 maps to the ICD-11 code: NE61 (Harmful effects of or exposure to noxious substances, chiefly nonmedicinal as to source, not elsewhere classified).