TCA (Tricyclic)

• Tricyclic antidepressants have been mostly replaced by newer antidepressants such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (NRIs). They occasionally use tricyclics if other meds are not working but this is rare.
• If a patient overdoses on an antidepressant we do not have a specific code for this. While we can use the "other" code, I think it would be of more value to put a general antidepressant overdose code and maybe take out the tricyclic one. (in the poisoning section).
• I have put the link for tricyclics (wikipedia) below:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricyclic_antidepressant

Legacy Content

This page is about the pre-ICD10 diagnosis coding schema. See the ICD10 Diagnosis List, or the following for similar diagnoses in ICD10:Tricyclic antidepressant, adverse effect, Tricyclic antidepressant, overdose/toxicity

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Category/Organ System:	Category: Poisoning (old)
Type:	Medical Problem
Main Diagnosis:	TCA (Tricyclic)
Sub Diagnosis:	TCA (TRICYCLIC)
Diagnosis Code:	45000
Comorbid Diagnosis:	No
Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10):	0
Program:
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Notes:

--LKolesar 13:17, 2016 August 17 (CDT)