T63.611
T63.611 — Toxic effect of contact with Portuguese Man-o-war, accidental (unintentional)
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T63.611 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for toxic effect of contact with portuguese man-o-war, 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 T63
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
T63.611 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 T63.611
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- T63.611AToxic effect of contact with Portuguese Man-o-war, accidental (unintentional), initial encounter
- T63.611DToxic effect of contact with Portuguese Man-o-war, accidental (unintentional), subsequent encounter
- T63.611SToxic effect of contact with Portuguese Man-o-war, accidental (unintentional), sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T63.61. If T63.611 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about T63.611
- Is T63.611 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T63.611 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T63.611 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).