Is T44.5X3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. T44.5X3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does T44.5X3 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).

What cannot be coded together with T44.5X3?

T44.5X3 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 T44.5X3 (T44.5) and apply to it just the same.

T44.5X3

T44.5X3 — Poisoning by predominantly beta-adrenoreceptor agonists, assault

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T44.5X3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for poisoning by predominantly beta-adrenoreceptor agonists, assault. 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 T44

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above T44.5X3

These are not written on T44.5X3, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing T44.5X3 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on T44.5 — Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of predominantly beta-adrenoreceptor agonists

poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of beta-adrenoreceptor agonists used in asthma therapy (T48.6-)

Risk adjustment

T44.5X3 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 history

T44.5X3 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead T44.5X3

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share T44.5X. If T44.5X3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about T44.5X3

Is T44.5X3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. T44.5X3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does T44.5X3 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).
What cannot be coded together with T44.5X3?: T44.5X3 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 T44.5X3 (T44.5) and apply to it just the same.