kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

T71.2

Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • T66-T78 Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)
      • T71 Asphyxiation
        • T71.2 Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air
          • T71.20 Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air due to unspecified cause
          • T71.21 Asphyxiation due to cave-in or falling earth
          • T71.22 Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a car trunk
          • T71.23 Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator
          • T71.29 Asphyxiation due to being trapped in other low oxygen environment

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

T71.2

  • Suffocation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air

T71

  • Mechanical suffocation
  • Traumatic suffocation

Use Additional

S00-T88

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

Excludes 1

T71

  • acute respiratory distress (syndrome) (J80)
    • J80 Acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • anoxia due to high altitude (T70.2)
    • T70.2 Other and unspecified effects of high altitude
  • R09.01 Asphyxia
  • asphyxia from carbon monoxide (T58.-)
    • T58 Toxic effect of carbon monoxide
  • asphyxia from inhalation of food or foreign body (T17.-)
    • T17 Foreign body in respiratory tract
  • asphyxia from other gases, fumes and vapors (T59.-)
    • T59 Toxic effect of other gases, fumes and vapors
  • respiratory distress (syndrome) in newborn (P22.-)
    • P22 Respiratory distress of newborn

S00-T88

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