T48.5
T48.5: Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other anti-common-cold drugs
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T48.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other anti-common-cold 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 T48
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of decongestants
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead T48.5
1 child code. Green means billable.
Other codes under T48
- T48.0Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of oxytocic drugs
- T48.1Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of skeletal muscle relaxants [neuromuscular blocking agents]
- T48.2Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other and unspecified drugs acting on muscles
- T48.3Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of antitussives
- T48.4Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of expectorants
- T48.6Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of antiasthmatics, not elsewhere classified
- T48.9Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other and unspecified agents primarily acting on the respiratory system