T56.0 — Toxic effects of lead and its compounds
T56.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for toxic effects of lead and its compounds. 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 T56
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Other codes that can never be billed with T56.0
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at T56.0. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading T56.0 alone.
- R78.71Abnormal lead level in blood
Risk adjustment
T56.0 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 T56.0
1 child code. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T56. If T56.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T56.1Toxic effects of mercury and its compounds
- T56.2Toxic effects of chromium and its compounds
- T56.3Toxic effects of cadmium and its compounds
- T56.4Toxic effects of copper and its compounds
- T56.5Toxic effects of zinc and its compounds
- T56.6Toxic effects of tin and its compounds
- T56.7Toxic effects of beryllium and its compounds
- T56.8Toxic effects of other metals
- T56.9Toxic effects of unspecified metal
Questions about T56.0
- Is T56.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T56.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T56.0 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).