T37.8X5A
Adverse effect of other specified systemic anti-infectives and antiparasitics, initial encounter
Exclusions 6 never code together
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
7th character 3
Instructional notes 4
- Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of hydroxyquinoline derivatives
- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
- The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-
Index entries leading here 1 filed at T37.8X5
The index files this at T37.8X5. The tabular
extends it — laterality, staging, or the 7th character — so these entries
lead to the family rather than to T37.8X5A exactly.
- Adverse effect — see Table of Drugs and Chemicals, categories T36-T50, with 6th character 5
Alongside this code 2 same parent — T37.8X5
Medications 1
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
Additional references
Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.