T51.0 — Toxic effect of ethanol
T51.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for toxic effect of ethanol. 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 T51
- 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.
- Toxic effect of ethyl alcohol
Risk adjustment
T51.0 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 T51.0
1 child code. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T51. If T51.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about T51.0
- Is T51.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T51.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T51.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source (T51-T65).