T49.4X6
T49.4X6 — Underdosing of keratolytics, keratoplastics, and other hair treatment drugs and preparations
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T49.4X6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for underdosing of keratolytics, keratoplastics, and other hair treatment drugs and preparations. 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 T49
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
T49.4X6 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 T49.4X6
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- T49.4X6AUnderdosing of keratolytics, keratoplastics, and other hair treatment drugs and preparations, initial encounter
- T49.4X6DUnderdosing of keratolytics, keratoplastics, and other hair treatment drugs and preparations, subsequent encounter
- T49.4X6SUnderdosing of keratolytics, keratoplastics, and other hair treatment drugs and preparations, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T49.4X. If T49.4X6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T49.4X1Poisoning by keratolytics, keratoplastics, and other hair treatment drugs and preparations, accidental (unintentional)
- T49.4X2Poisoning by keratolytics, keratoplastics, and other hair treatment drugs and preparations, intentional self-harm
- T49.4X3Poisoning by keratolytics, keratoplastics, and other hair treatment drugs and preparations, assault
- T49.4X4Poisoning by keratolytics, keratoplastics, and other hair treatment drugs and preparations, undetermined
- T49.4X5Adverse effect of keratolytics, keratoplastics, and other hair treatment drugs and preparations
Questions about T49.4X6
- Is T49.4X6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T49.4X6 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T49.4X6 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).