T48.4
Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of expectorants
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 2 never code together
7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 3
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
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Alongside this code 7 same parent — T48
T48.0 Oxytocic drugs category T48.1 Skeletal muscle relaxants category T48.2 And unsp drugs acting on muscles category T48.3 Antitussives category T48.5 Anti-common-cold drugs category T48.6 Antiasthmatics, not elsewhere classified category T48.9 And unsp agents primarily acting on the respiratory system category
Subordinate codes 1
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.
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