ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T66-T78 › T75 Other and unspecified effects of... › T75.0
Effects of lightning
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- T75.00 Unspecified effects of lightning (also a header)
- T75.01 Shock due to being struck by lightning (also a header)
- T75.09 Other effects of lightning (also a header)
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Effects of lightning
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from T75 Other and unspecified effects of other external causes
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T75
Excludes1 - never coded here
- adverse effects NEC (T78.-)
Excludes2 - not included here
- burns (electric) (T20-T31)
Inherited from the T66-T78 section Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)
Code also
- , if applicable, place of occurrence, such as:
- highway rest stop (Y92.523)
- school (private) (public) (state) as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.21-)
- service areas as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.52-)
- single-family non-institutional (private) house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.01-)
- transport vehicle as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.81-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Electrocution
- Electric shock
- Shock > electric
- Accident > boat, boating
- Contact > with > hot > liquid NEC
- Accident > transport > occupant > boat NEC
- Accident > transport > watercraft occupant
- Accident > caused by, due to > electric > current
- Jumped, jumping > from > boat > with > accident to or on boat
- Lightning
- Thunderbolt
- Victim > lightning
- Exposure > lightning
- Struck by > lightning
- Struck by > thunderbolt
- Forces of nature > lightning
- Burn, burned, burning > lightning
- Exposure > electric current > lightning
- Accident > caused by, due to > lightning
- Accident > caused by, due to > thunderbolt
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| T75.1 | Unspecified effects of drowning and nonfatal submersion | Not billable |
| T75.2 | Effects of vibration | Not billable |
| T75.3 | Motion sickness | Not billable |
| T75.4 | Electrocution | Not billable |
| T75.8 | Other specified effects of external causes | Not billable |