T63.8

The ICD-10-CM code for toxic effect of contact with other venomous animals is T63.8. The full clinical description is "Toxic effect of contact with other venomous animals". T63.8 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code T63.8 represents “Toxic effect of contact with other venomous animals”. 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, T63.8 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 T63.8.

T63.8 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

T63.8 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.-).

T63.8 has 4 child codes, including: T63.81 (Toxic effect of contact with venomous frog), T63.82 (Toxic effect of contact with venomous toad), T63.83 (Toxic effect of contact with other venomous amphibian), T63.89 (Toxic effect of contact with other venomous animals).

Yes, when using T63.8, 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.-).

T63.8 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0478470. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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T63.8 maps to the ICD-11 code: NE61 (Harmful effects of or exposure to noxious substances, chiefly nonmedicinal as to source, not elsewhere classified).