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T66

T66: Radiation sickness, unspecified

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T66 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for radiation sickness, unspecified. 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 code T66

A
initial encounter
D
subsequent encounter
S
sequela

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • specified adverse effects of radiation, such as:
  • burns (T20-T31)
  • leukemia (C91-C95)
  • radiation gastroenteritis and colitis (K52.0)
  • radiation pneumonitis (J70.0)
  • radiation related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59)
  • sunburn (L55.-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Irradiation effects, adverse
  • Effect, adverse›infrared NOS(radiation) (rays)
  • Effect, adverse›radiation NOS(diagnostic) (infrared) (natural source) (therapeutic) (ultraviolet) (X-ray)
  • Effect, adverse›ultraviolet NOS(radiation) (rays)
  • Radiation›effects NOS
  • Radiation›sickness NOS
  • Sickness›radiation

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead T66

3 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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