Is T45.2X6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. T45.2X6 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does T45.2X6 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 T45.2X6?

T45.2X6 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

T45.2X6

T45.2X6 — Underdosing of vitamins

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T45.2X6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for underdosing of vitamins. 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 T45

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

vitamin deficiencies (E50-E56)

Risk adjustment

T45.2X6 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 T45.2X6

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share T45.2X. If T45.2X6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about T45.2X6

Is T45.2X6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. T45.2X6 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does T45.2X6 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 T45.2X6?: T45.2X6 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.