Kodex

Section

T14.90

Injury, unspecified

Hierarchy

S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- T14 Injury of unspecified body region
  - T14.9 Unspecified injury
    - T14.90 Injury, unspecified
      - T14.90XA initial encounter
      - T14.90XD subsequent encounter
      - T14.90XS sequela

Notes

Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Inclusion Terms

T14.90

Injury NOS

Use Additional

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Excludes 1

multiple unspecified injuries (T07)
- T07 Unspecified multiple injuries

P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)