kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

T17.920

Food in respiratory tract, part unspecified causing asphyxiation

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
        • T17.9 Foreign body in respiratory tract, part unspecified
          • T17.92 Food in respiratory tract, part unspecified
            • T17.920 Food in respiratory tract, part unspecified causing asphyxiation

Notes

S00-T88

  • 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

T17.92

  • Bones in respiratory tract, part unspecified
  • Seeds in respiratory tract, part unspecified

Use Additional

S00-T88

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

Excludes 1

S00-T88

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

Excludes 2

T15-T19

  • 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

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