2025 ICD-10-CM code T53.4X2
Toxic effect of dichloromethane, intentional self-harm.
Medical necessity is established by the documented evidence of a toxic effect resulting from intentional self-harm with dichloromethane. Treatment provided should address the immediate effects of the poisoning and any subsequent physical or psychological complications.
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (T07-T88) Toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source (T51-T65)
In simple words: This code represents self-poisoning with dichloromethane.
Toxic effect of dichloromethane, intentional self-harm. This code is used to document a toxic effect resulting from exposure to dichloromethane, where the intent was self-harm.
Example 1: A patient intentionally ingests dichloromethane in a suicide attempt and presents to the emergency room with symptoms of poisoning., A patient is found unresponsive with an empty bottle of dichloromethane beside them and a suicide note, indicating intentional self-harm., A patient admits to deliberately inhaling dichloromethane to harm themselves and experiences adverse effects requiring medical attention.
Documentation should clearly state the intent of self-harm related to dichloromethane exposure. Details about the method of exposure (ingestion, inhalation, etc.), the quantity of the substance involved (if known), and the resulting clinical manifestations should be documented.
** Excludes1: birth trauma (P10-P15), obstetric trauma (O70-O71), contact with and (suspected) exposure to toxic substances (Z77.-)
- Specialties: Emergency Medicine, Toxicology, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry
- Place of Service: Emergency Room - Hospital, Inpatient Hospital, Outpatient Hospital, Psychiatric Facility-Partial Hospitalization, Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Facility, Non-residential Substance Abuse Treatment Facility