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T14.90 ICD-10-CM Code: Injury, unspecified

Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Injury, unspecified is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (T14.90). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for T14.90 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Injury NOS

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Indexed Clinical Terms (1)

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.

  • Injury

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on T14.90 name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

Verify Before Coding

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim.

Relationships & Classification

Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes on other codes that name T14.90 or its code family.

1 Excludes1 notes: T07.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):INJ027 — Other unspecified injury (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Contextual Map

Every relationship of T14.90 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 — Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88) (S00-T88) [Hierarchy]

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

  • T07 — Unspecified multiple injuries [Excludes1]: “injury NOS (T14.90)” · check together

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • INJ027 — Other unspecified injury [CCSR]

Index entries

  • Injury[Index term]

Nearest codes (13)

  • T14 — Injury of unspecified body region [Sibling]
  • T14.8 — Other injury of unspecified body region [Sibling]
  • T14.8XXA — Other injury of unspecified body region, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • T14.8XXD — Other injury of unspecified body region, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • T14.8XXS — Other injury of unspecified body region, sequela [Sibling]
  • T14.9 — Unspecified injury [Sibling]
  • T14.90XA — Injury, unspecified, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • T14.90XD — Injury, unspecified, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • and 5 more

Change history

  • FY2018 — Became a non-billable header [Change history]

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Can T14.90 be billed directly?

No. T14.90 (Injury, unspecified) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.

Does T14.90 require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T14.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to T14.90 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • T14.8 — Other injury of unspecified body region
  • T14.8XXA — Other injury of unspecified body region, initial encounter
  • T14.8XXD — Other injury of unspecified body region, subsequent encounter
  • T14.8XXS — Other injury of unspecified body region, sequela
  • T14.9 — Unspecified injury
  • T14.90XA — Injury, unspecified, initial encounter
  • T14.90XD — Injury, unspecified, subsequent encounter
  • T14.90XS — Injury, unspecified, sequela
  • T14.91 — Suicide attempt
  • T14.91XA — Suicide attempt, initial encounter

View all codes in the T14 family