T58.0
T58.0 — Toxic effect of carbon monoxide from motor vehicle exhaust
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T58.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for toxic effect of carbon monoxide from motor vehicle exhaust. 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 T58
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Toxic effect of exhaust gas from gas engine
- Toxic effect of exhaust gas from motor pump
Risk adjustment
T58.0 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 T58.0
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- T58.01Toxic effect of carbon monoxide from motor vehicle exhaust, accidental (unintentional)
- T58.02Toxic effect of carbon monoxide from motor vehicle exhaust, intentional self-harm
- T58.03Toxic effect of carbon monoxide from motor vehicle exhaust, assault
- T58.04Toxic effect of carbon monoxide from motor vehicle exhaust, undetermined
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T58. If T58.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about T58.0
- Is T58.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T58.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T58.0 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).