T36.5 — Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of aminoglycosides
T36.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of aminoglycosides. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T36
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of streptomycin
Other codes that can never be billed with T36.5
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at T36.5. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading T36.5 alone.
- T37.1Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of antimycobacterial drugs
Risk adjustment
T36.5 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.
Code to one of these instead T36.5
1 child code. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T36. If T36.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T36.0Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of penicillins
- T36.1Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of cephalosporins and other beta-lactam antibiotics
- T36.2Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of chloramphenicol group
- T36.3Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of macrolides
- T36.4Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of tetracyclines
- T36.6Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of rifampicins
- T36.7Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of antifungal antibiotics, systemically used
- T36.8Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other systemic antibiotics
- T36.9Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of unspecified systemic antibiotic
- T36.APoisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of fluoroquinolone antibiotics
Questions about T36.5
- Is T36.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T36.5 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T36.5 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Poisoning by, adverse effects of and underdosing of drugs, medicaments and biological substances (T36-T50).