T63.7 — Toxic effect of contact with venomous plant
T63.7 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for toxic effect of contact with venomous plant. 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 T63.7
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at T63.7. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading T63.7 alone.
- W60Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves
- W60.XXXAContact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves, initial encounter
- W60.XXXDContact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves, subsequent encounter
- W60.XXXSContact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves, sequela
Risk adjustment
T63.7 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 T63.7
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T63. If T63.7 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T63.0Toxic effect of snake venom
- T63.1Toxic effect of venom of other reptiles
- T63.2Toxic effect of venom of scorpion
- T63.3Toxic effect of venom of spider
- T63.4Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods
- T63.5Toxic effect of contact with venomous fish
- T63.6Toxic effect of contact with other venomous marine animals
- T63.8Toxic effect of contact with other venomous animals
- T63.9Toxic effect of contact with unspecified venomous animal
Questions about T63.7
- Is T63.7 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T63.7 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T63.7 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).