ICD-10: T56

Toxic effect of metals

Clinical Information

Includes

  • toxic effects of metals from all sources, except medicinal substances
  • toxic effects of fumes and vapors of metals

Coding Guidelines

Use Additional Code

  • code to identify any retained metal foreign body, if applicable (Z18.0-, T18.1-)

Excludes 1

  • manganese and its compounds (T57.2)
  • arsenic and its compounds (T57.0)

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