T36 Non-Billable Code
Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of systemic antibiotics
Chapter Classification
Chapter 19
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Section Detail
T36-T50
Poisoning by, adverse effects of and underdosing of drugs, medicaments and biological substances (T36-T50)
Coding Guidelines & Notes
excludes1
- antineoplastic antibiotics (T45.1-)
- locally applied antibiotic NEC (T49.0)
- topically used antibiotic for ear, nose and throat (T49.6)
- topically used antibiotic for eye (T49.5)
sevenChrDef
- {'char': 'A', 'text': 'initial encounter'}
- {'char': 'D', 'text': 'subsequent encounter'}
- {'char': 'S', 'text': 'sequela'}
sevenChrNote
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T36
More Specific Diagnosis Codes
This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.
- T36.0 - Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of penicillins
- T36.1 - Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of cephalosporins and other beta-lactam antibiotics
- T36.2 - Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of chloramphenicol group
- T36.3 - Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of macrolides
- T36.4 - Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of tetracyclines
- T36.5 - Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of aminoglycosides
- T36.6 - Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of rifampicins
- T36.7 - Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of antifungal antibiotics, systemically used
- T36.8 - Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other systemic antibiotics
- T36.9 - Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of unspecified systemic antibiotic
- T36.A - Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of fluoroquinolone antibiotics
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