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T56

Non-Billable (Header)

Toxic effect of metals

Includes

  • toxic effects of fumes and vapors of metals
  • toxic effects of metals from all sources, except medicinal substances

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • arsenic and its compounds (T57.0)
  • manganese and its compounds (T57.2)

Use Additional Code

  • code to identify any retained metal foreign body, if applicable (Z18.0-, T18.1-)

Child Codes

T56.0Toxic effects of lead and its compounds
T56.1Toxic effects of mercury and its compounds
T56.2Toxic effects of chromium and its compounds
T56.3Toxic effects of cadmium and its compounds
T56.4Toxic effects of copper and its compounds
T56.5Toxic effects of zinc and its compounds
T56.6Toxic effects of tin and its compounds
T56.7Toxic effects of beryllium and its compounds
T56.8Toxic effects of other metals
T56.9Toxic effects of unspecified metal

Code Hierarchy

└T56Toxic effect of metals
└T56Toxic effect of metals

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