Docdemic

ICD-10 diagnosis code

T50.5 Poisoning: Appetite depressants

This page in Swedish

T50.5 is the ICD-10 code for Poisoning: Appetite depressants. It is a four-character subcategory of T50 (Poisoning by diuretics and other and unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances), 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

T50.5 in national editions

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

SwedenICD-10-SE

T50.5Aptitreglerande medel

GermanyICD-10-GM

T50.5Appetitzügler

FranceICD-10-FR

T50.5Anorexigènes

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

T50.5eetlustremmers

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • T50.5X1APoisoning by appetite depressants, accidental (unintentional), initial encounter
  • T50.5X1DPoisoning by appetite depressants, accidental (unintentional), subsequent encounter
  • T50.5X1SPoisoning by appetite depressants, accidental (unintentional), sequela
  • T50.5X2APoisoning by appetite depressants, intentional self-harm, initial encounter
  • T50.5X2DPoisoning by appetite depressants, intentional self-harm, subsequent encounter
  • T50.5X2SPoisoning by appetite depressants, intentional self-harm, sequela
  • T50.5X3APoisoning by appetite depressants, assault, initial encounter
  • T50.5X3DPoisoning by appetite depressants, 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.

Look up another code

Stop looking codes up by hand

Docdemic listens to the consultation, writes the note and suggests the diagnosis and procedure codes that fit it, each one checked against your country’s official code list.

Try Docdemic free