T63

ICD-10-CM code T63 represents "Toxic effect of contact with venomous animals and plants". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, T63 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 T63.

T63 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

T63 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.-).

T63 has 10 child codes, including: T63.0 (Toxic effect of snake venom), T63.1 (Toxic effect of venom of other reptiles), T63.2 (Toxic effect of venom of scorpion), T63.3 (Toxic effect of venom of spider), and 6 more.

Yes, when using T63 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.-).

T63 is linked to 3 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C2885298, C4290409, C4290410. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.