T44.8
T44.8 — Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of centrally-acting and adrenergic-neuron- blocking agents
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T44.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of centrally-acting and adrenergic-neuron- blocking agents. 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
Risk adjustment
T44.8 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 T44.8
1 child code. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T44. If T44.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T44.0Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of anticholinesterase agents
- T44.1Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other parasympathomimetics [cholinergics]
- T44.2Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of ganglionic blocking drugs
- T44.3Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other parasympatholytics [anticholinergics and antimuscarinics] and spasmolytics
- T44.4Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of predominantly alpha-adrenoreceptor agonists
- T44.5Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of predominantly beta-adrenoreceptor agonists
- T44.6Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of alpha-adrenoreceptor antagonists
- T44.7Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of beta-adrenoreceptor antagonists
- T44.9Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other and unspecified drugs primarily affecting the autonomic nervous system
Questions about T44.8
- Is T44.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T44.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T44.8 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).