T47.6
T47.6 — Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of antidiarrheal drugs
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T47.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of antidiarrheal drugs. 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 T47
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
T47.6 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 T47.6
1 child code. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T47. If T47.6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T47.0Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of histamine H2-receptor blockers
- T47.1Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other antacids and anti-gastric-secretion drugs
- T47.2Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of stimulant laxatives
- T47.3Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of saline and osmotic laxatives
- T47.4Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other laxatives
- T47.5Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of digestants
- T47.7Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of emetics
- T47.8Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other agents primarily affecting gastrointestinal system
- T47.9Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of unspecified agents primarily affecting the gastrointestinal system
Questions about T47.6
- Is T47.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T47.6 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T47.6 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).