T59

ICD-10-CM code T59 represents "Toxic effect of other gases, fumes and vapors". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, T59 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 T59.

T59 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

T59 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 1 more.

T59 has 10 child codes, including: T59.0 (Toxic effect of nitrogen oxides), T59.1 (Toxic effect of sulfur dioxide), T59.2 (Toxic effect of formaldehyde), T59.3 (Toxic effect of lacrimogenic gas), and 6 more.

Yes, when using T59 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.-).

T59 is linked to 2 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0413000, C4759715. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.