T50.916
T50.916 — Underdosing of multiple unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T50.916 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for underdosing of multiple unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances. 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 T50
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
T50.916 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 T50.916
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- T50.916AUnderdosing of multiple unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances, initial encounter
- T50.916DUnderdosing of multiple unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances, subsequent encounter
- T50.916SUnderdosing of multiple unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T50.91. If T50.916 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T50.911Poisoning by multiple unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances, accidental (unintentional)
- T50.912Poisoning by multiple unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances, intentional self-harm
- T50.913Poisoning by multiple unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances, assault
- T50.914Poisoning by multiple unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances, undetermined
- T50.915Adverse effect of multiple unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances
Questions about T50.916
- Is T50.916 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T50.916 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T50.916 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).