ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T37.8

Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of hydroxyquinoline derivatives

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T37

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

antimalarial drugs (T37.2-)

birth trauma (P10-P15)

obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

anti-infectives topically used for ear, nose and throat (T49.6-)

anti-infectives topically used for eye (T49.5-)

locally applied anti-infectives NEC (T49.0-)

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.