T63 Non-Billable Code
Toxic effect of contact with venomous animals and plants
Chapter Classification
Chapter 19
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Section Detail
T51-T65
Toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source (T51-T65)
Coding Guidelines & Notes
includes
- bite or touch of venomous animal
- pricked or stuck by thorn or leaf
excludes2
- ingestion of toxic animal or plant (T61.-, T62.-)
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 T63
More Specific Diagnosis Codes
This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.
- T63.0 - Toxic effect of snake venom
- T63.1 - Toxic effect of venom of other reptiles
- T63.2 - Toxic effect of venom of scorpion
- T63.3 - Toxic effect of venom of spider
- T63.4 - Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods
- T63.5 - Toxic effect of contact with venomous fish
- T63.6 - Toxic effect of contact with other venomous marine animals
- T63.7 - Toxic effect of contact with venomous plant
- T63.8 - Toxic effect of contact with other venomous animals
- T63.9 - Toxic effect of contact with unspecified venomous animal
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