T59.3
T59.3 — Toxic effect of lacrimogenic gas
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T59.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for toxic effect of lacrimogenic gas. 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 T59
- 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 tear gas
Risk adjustment
T59.3 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 T59.3
1 child code. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T59. If T59.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T59.0Toxic effect of nitrogen oxides
- T59.1Toxic effect of sulfur dioxide
- T59.2Toxic effect of formaldehyde
- T59.4Toxic effect of chlorine gas
- T59.5Toxic effect of fluorine gas and hydrogen fluoride
- T59.6Toxic effect of hydrogen sulfide
- T59.7Toxic effect of carbon dioxide
- T59.8Toxic effect of other specified gases, fumes and vapors
- T59.9Toxic effect of unspecified gases, fumes and vapors
Questions about T59.3
- Is T59.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T59.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T59.3 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).