T48.5
Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of other anti-common-cold drugs
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 5 never code together
T48.5code
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
T48.5code
Inclusion terms
- Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of decongestants
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 1
- Adverse effect — see Table of Drugs and Chemicals, categories T36-T50, with 6th character 5
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 T48.4 Expectorants 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.
Additional references
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