T63.09 — Toxic effect of venom of other snake
T63.09 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for toxic effect of venom of other snake. 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 T63
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Other codes that can never be billed with T63.09
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at T63.09. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading T63.09 alone.
- T63.6Toxic effect of contact with other venomous marine animals
Risk adjustment
T63.09 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 T63.09
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T63.0. If T63.09 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T63.00Toxic effect of unspecified snake venom
- T63.01Toxic effect of rattlesnake venom
- T63.02Toxic effect of coral snake venom
- T63.03Toxic effect of taipan venom
- T63.04Toxic effect of cobra venom
- T63.06Toxic effect of venom of other North and South American snake
- T63.07Toxic effect of venom of other Australian snake
- T63.08Toxic effect of venom of other African and Asian snake
Questions about T63.09
- Is T63.09 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T63.09 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T63.09 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).