ICD-10 diagnosis code
T38 Poisoning by hormones and their synthetic substitutes and antagonists, not elsewhere classified
T38 is the ICD-10 code for Poisoning by hormones and their synthetic substitutes and antagonists, not elsewhere classified. It is a three-character category divided into 10 subcodes; use the subcode whenever the record supports that level of detail. It belongs to the block T36–T50 (Poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances) in Chapter XIX, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
- Code type
- Category (3 characters)
- Chapter
- XIX · S00–T98
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What T38 excludes
Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.
Subcodes of T38
- T38.0Poisoning: Glucocorticoids and synthetic analogues
- T38.1Poisoning: Thyroid hormones and substitutes
- T38.2Poisoning: Antithyroid drugs
- T38.3Poisoning: Insulin and oral hypoglycaemic [antidiabetic] drugs
- T38.4Poisoning: Oral contraceptives
- T38.5Poisoning: Other estrogens and progestogens
- T38.6Poisoning: Antigonadotrophins, antiestrogens, antiandrogens, not elsewhere classified
- T38.7Poisoning: Androgens and anabolic congeners
- T38.8Poisoning: Other and unspecified hormones and their synthetic substitutes
- T38.9Poisoning: Other and unspecified hormone antagonists
T38 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
DT38Forgiftning med hormoner og syntetiske substitutter og antagonister IKA
T38Vergiftung durch Hormone und deren synthetische Ersatzstoffe und Antagonisten, anderenorts nicht klassifiziert
T38Intoxication par hormones et leurs substituts synthétiques et antagonistes, non classés ailleurs
T38vergiftiging door hormonen en hun synthetische substituten en
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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