T40.601Poisoning by unspecified narcotics, accidental (unintentional)

T40.601 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for poisoning by unspecified narcotics, accidental (unintentional). It belongs to category T40 (poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of narcotics and psychodysleptics [hallucinogens]), block T36-T50 (poisoning by, adverse effects of and underdosing of drugs, medicaments and biological substances) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within T40.60, choose T40.601 (Poisoning by unspecified narcotics, accidental (unintentional)) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: poisoning by unspecified narcotics, intentional self-harm (T40.602), poisoning by unspecified narcotics, assault (T40.603), poisoning by unspecified narcotics, undetermined (T40.604), adverse effect of unspecified narcotics (T40.605) and underdosing of unspecified narcotics (T40.606).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.