Kodex

Code

T17.528S

sequela

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Hierarchy

S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- T15-T19 Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19)
  - T17 Foreign body in respiratory tract
    - T17.5 Foreign body in bronchus
      - T17.52 Food in bronchus
        
        T17.528 Food in bronchus causing other injury
        
        T17.528A initial encounter
        
        T17.528D subsequent encounter
        
        T17.528S sequela

Long Title

T17.528S

Food in bronchus causing other injury 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

Bones in bronchus
Seeds in bronchus

Use Additional

code, if known, for foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice (W44.-)
- W44 Foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice

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

Excludes 1

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

Excludes 2

foreign body accidentally left in operation wound (T81.5-)
- T81.5 Complications of foreign body accidentally left in body following procedure
foreign body in penetrating wound - See open wound by body region
M79.5 Residual foreign body in soft tissue
splinter, without open wound - See superficial injury by body region