T42.71
Poisoning by unspecified antiepileptic and sedative-hypnotic drugs, accidental (unintentional)
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 5 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 3 never code together
T42code
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 4
T42.71code
Inclusion terms
- Poisoning by antiepileptic and sedative-hypnotic drugs NOS
S00-T88chapter
Notes
- 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.
Use additional code
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-
Index entries leading here filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Alongside this code 5 same parent — T42.7
T42.72 Poisoning by unsp antieplptc and sed-hypntc drugs, self-harm category T42.73 Poisoning by unsp antieplptc and sed-hypntc drugs, assault category T42.74 Poisoning by unsp antieplptc and sed-hypntc drugs, undet category T42.75 Adverse effect of unsp antiepileptic and sed-hypntc drugs category T42.76 Underdosing of unsp antiepileptic and sed-hypntc drugs category
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