ICD-10 diagnosis code
T40 Poisoning by narcotics and psychodysleptics [hallucinogens]
T40 is the ICD-10 code for Poisoning by narcotics and psychodysleptics [hallucinogens]. 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 T40 excludes
Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.
- intoxication meaning inebriation F10-F19
Subcodes of T40
- T40.0Poisoning: Opium
- T40.1Poisoning: Heroin
- T40.2Poisoning: Other opioids
- T40.3Poisoning: Methadone
- T40.4Poisoning: Other synthetic narcotics
- T40.5Poisoning: Cocaine
- T40.6Poisoning: Other and unspecified narcotics
- T40.7Poisoning: Cannabis (derivatives)
- T40.8Poisoning: Lysergide [LSD]
- T40.9Poisoning: Other and unspecified psychodysleptics [hallucinogens]
T40 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
T40Förgiftning med narkotiska och psykodysleptiska medel [hallucinogener]
DT40Forgiftninger med opioider, kokain og hallucinogener
T40Huumeiden tai hallusinogeenien aiheuttamat myrkytykset
T40Vergiftung durch Betäubungsmittel und Psychodysleptika [Halluzinogene]
T40Intoxication par narcotiques et psychodysleptiques [hallucinogènes]
T40vergiftiging door drugs en psychodysleptica [hallucinogenen]
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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