T53.4
T53.4: Toxic effects of dichloromethane
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T53.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for toxic effects of dichloromethane. 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 methylene chloride
Other codes that can never be billed with T53.4
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
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 T53.4
1 child code. Green means billable.
Other codes under T53
- T53.0Toxic effects of carbon tetrachloride
- T53.1Toxic effects of chloroform
- T53.2Toxic effects of trichloroethylene
- T53.3Toxic effects of tetrachloroethylene
- 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