T53.4
Toxic effects of dichloromethane
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 4
T53.4code
Inclusion terms
- Toxic effects of methylene chloride
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 8 same parent — T53
T53.0 Toxic effects of carbon tetrachloride category T53.1 Toxic effects of chloroform category T53.2 Toxic effects of trichloroethylene category T53.3 Toxic effects of tetrachloroethylene category T53.5 Toxic effects of chlorofluorocarbons category T53.6 Toxic effects of halogen derivatives of aliphatic hydrocrb category T53.7 Toxic effects of halogen derivatives of aromatic hydrocrb category T53.9 Toxic effects of unsp halogen derivatives of aromat hydrocrb category
Subordinate codes 1
Additional references
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