T56.0X1
T56.0X1 — Toxic effect of lead and its compounds, accidental (unintentional)
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T56.0X1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for toxic effect of lead and its compounds, accidental (unintentional). 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Toxic effects of lead and its compounds NOS
Risk adjustment
T56.0X1 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 T56.0X1
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T56.0X. If T56.0X1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about T56.0X1
- Is T56.0X1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T56.0X1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T56.0X1 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).