ICD-10 diagnosis code

T49.5 Poisoning: Ophthalmological drugs and preparations

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T49.5 is the ICD-10 code for Poisoning: Ophthalmological drugs and preparations. It is a four-character subcategory of T49 (Poisoning by topical agents primarily affecting skin and mucous membrane and by ophthalmological, otorhinolaryngological and dental drugs), the most specific level in the WHO edition. 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
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
XIX · S00–T98
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What T49.5 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Eye anti-infectives

T49.5 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

GermanyICD-10-GM

T49.5Ophthalmika

FranceICD-10-FR

T49.5Médicaments et préparations ophtalmologiques

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

T49.5geneesmiddelen en preparaten voor oogheelkundig gebruik

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • T49.5X1APoisoning by ophthalmological drugs and preparations, accidental (unintentional), initial encounter
  • T49.5X1DPoisoning by ophthalmological drugs and preparations, accidental (unintentional), subsequent encounter
  • T49.5X1SPoisoning by ophthalmological drugs and preparations, accidental (unintentional), sequela
  • T49.5X2APoisoning by ophthalmological drugs and preparations, intentional self-harm, initial encounter
  • T49.5X2DPoisoning by ophthalmological drugs and preparations, intentional self-harm, subsequent encounter
  • T49.5X2SPoisoning by ophthalmological drugs and preparations, intentional self-harm, sequela
  • T49.5X3APoisoning by ophthalmological drugs and preparations, assault, initial encounter
  • T49.5X3DPoisoning by ophthalmological drugs and preparations, assault, subsequent encounter
  • and 10 more national subcodes

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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