T53.1
T53.1 — Toxic effects of chloroform
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T53.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for toxic effects of chloroform. 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 T53
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Toxic effects of trichloromethane
Risk adjustment
T53.1 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 T53.1
1 child code. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T53. If T53.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T53.0Toxic effects of carbon tetrachloride
- T53.2Toxic effects of trichloroethylene
- T53.3Toxic effects of tetrachloroethylene
- T53.4Toxic effects of dichloromethane
- T53.5Toxic effects of chlorofluorocarbons
- T53.6Toxic effects of other halogen derivatives of aliphatic hydrocarbons
- T53.7Toxic effects of other halogen derivatives of aromatic hydrocarbons
- T53.9Toxic effects of unspecified halogen derivatives of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons
Questions about T53.1
- Is T53.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T53.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T53.1 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).