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T48.90

Non-billable

Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of unspecified agents primarily acting on the respiratory system

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

  • birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (8)

T48.9Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other and unspecified agents primarily acting on the respiratory system→T48.99Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other agents primarily acting on the respiratory system→T48.901Poisoning by unspecified agents primarily acting on the respiratory system, accidental (unintentional)→T48.902Poisoning by unspecified agents primarily acting on the respiratory system, intentional self-harm→T48.903Poisoning by unspecified agents primarily acting on the respiratory system, assault→T48.904Poisoning by unspecified agents primarily acting on the respiratory system, undetermined→T48.905Adverse effect of unspecified agents primarily acting on the respiratory system→T48.906Underdosing of unspecified agents primarily acting on the respiratory system→