G62.2
BillablePolyneuropathy due to other toxic agents
HCC Category Mapping
V24HCC 75 — Myasthenia Gravis/Myoneural Conditions and Guillain-Barre Syndrome
0.425ESRDHCC 75 — Myasthenia Gravis/Myoneural Conditions and Guillain-Barre Syndrome
0.000RxHCCHCC 158 — Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Other Polyneuropathies
0.000What This Code Means
Nerve damage affecting multiple nerves caused by exposure to toxic substances such as heavy metals, chemicals, or other poisonous agents.
Coding Tips
Clinical Significance
Polyneuropathy due to other toxic agents captures nerve damage from environmental or occupational toxin exposure such as heavy metals, pesticides, or industrial chemicals. It reflects both the neurological impairment and the underlying toxic exposure requiring monitoring and remediation. Accurate coding is important for tracking occupational health conditions and ensuring appropriate risk adjustment.
Documentation Requirements
- ✓Identification of the specific toxic agent responsible for the polyneuropathy
- ✓Evidence of toxic exposure: occupational history, environmental assessment, toxicology testing
- ✓Clinical findings supporting polyneuropathy: weakness, numbness, nerve conduction study abnormalities
- ✓Additional code from T51-T65 range identifying the specific toxic substance
- ✓Temporal relationship between toxic exposure and symptom onset
- ✓Provider's explicit causal statement linking the toxin to the polyneuropathy
Commonly Confused Codes
G62.0 — Drug-induced polyneuropathy is for medication-related nerve damage, not environmental/occupational toxinsG62.1 — Alcoholic polyneuropathy is specific to alcohol toxicityG62.81 — Critical illness polyneuropathy develops in the context of ICU-level critical illness, not toxic exposureG62.9 — Polyneuropathy, unspecified should not be used when a toxic cause is documented
Code Hierarchy
└G62Other and unspecified polyneuropathies└G62.2Polyneuropathy due to other toxic agents
└G62.2Polyneuropathy due to other toxic agents