Kodex

Section

T18

Foreign body in alimentary tract

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)
  - T18 Foreign body in alimentary tract
    - T18.0 Foreign body in mouth
    - T18.1 Foreign body in esophagus
    - T18.2 Foreign body in stomach
    - T18.3 Foreign body in small intestine
    - T18.4 Foreign body in colon
    - T18.5 Foreign body in anus and rectum
    - T18.8 Foreign body in other parts of alimentary tract
    - T18.9 Foreign body of alimentary tract, part unspecified

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.

Use Additional

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

T18

T17.2 Foreign body in pharynx

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