Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM

T59 Toxic effect of other gases, fumes and vapors

Not billable (header)Chapter 19

This code needs a 7th character (use X as a placeholder for missing characters).

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Codes under this one

  • T59.0 Toxic effect of nitrogen oxidesHeader
  • T59.1 Toxic effect of sulfur dioxideHeader
  • T59.2 Toxic effect of formaldehydeHeader
  • T59.3 Toxic effect of lacrimogenic gasHeader
  • T59.4 Toxic effect of chlorine gasHeader
  • T59.5 Toxic effect of fluorine gas and hydrogen fluorideHeader
  • T59.6 Toxic effect of hydrogen sulfideHeader
  • T59.7 Toxic effect of carbon dioxideHeader
  • T59.8 Toxic effect of other specified gases, fumes and vaporsHeader
  • T59.9 Toxic effect of unspecified gases, fumes and vaporsHeader

Instructional notes

Chapter 19

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
Use additional codeAdd a second code for the full picture.
  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
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.

This code

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
  • chlorofluorocarbons (T53.5)
Includes
  • aerosol propellants
7th charactersThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T59
  • A initial encounter
  • D subsequent encounter
  • S sequela

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes · T07-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (T07-T88)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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