Is T14.90XA a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. T14.90XA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does T14.90XA sit in the tabular list?

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injury of unspecified body region (T14).

What cannot be coded together with T14.90XA?

T14.90XA carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above T14.90XA (T14) and apply to it just the same.

T14.90XA

T14.90XA — Injury, unspecified, initial encounter

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

T14.90XA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for injury, unspecified, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.

7th character "A" — initial encounter

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T14

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Injury NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above T14.90XA

These are not written on T14.90XA, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing T14.90XA with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on T14 — Injury of unspecified body region

multiple unspecified injuries (T07)

Risk adjustment

T14.90XA does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

T14.90XA is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 0 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A57497Billing and Coding: Chest X-Ray Policynot covered

Code history

T14.90XA has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share T14.90. If T14.90XA is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about T14.90XA

Is T14.90XA a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. T14.90XA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does T14.90XA sit in the tabular list?: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injury of unspecified body region (T14).
What cannot be coded together with T14.90XA?: T14.90XA carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above T14.90XA (T14) and apply to it just the same.