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Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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Other and unspecified effects of external causes
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Effects of air pressure and water pressure
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.29
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.29
Other effects of high altitude
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- T70.29 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM T70.29 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T70.29 - other international versions of ICD-10 T70.29 may differ.
Applicable To- Alpine sickness
- Anoxia due to high altitude
- Barotrauma NOS
- Hypobaropathy
- Mountain sickness
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T70.29 contain annotation back-references
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that may be applicable to
T70.29:
Clinical Information
- A general term applied to any clinical syndrome caused by difference between the surrounding atmospheric pressure and the total gas pressure in the various tissues, fluids and cavities of the body.
- A morbid condition of anoxia caused by the reduced available oxygen at high altitudes.
- Barotrauma means injury to your body because of changes in barometric (air) or water pressure. One common type happens to your ear. A change in altitude may cause your ears to hurt. This can happen if you are flying in an airplane, driving in the mountains, or scuba diving. Divers can also get decompression sickness, which affects the whole body.common symptoms of ear barotrauma include
- pain
- a feeling that your ears are stuffed
- hearing loss
- dizziness
treatments for ear barotrauma include chewing gum and yawning to relieve the pressure. Medications such as decongestants may also help.
- Injury following pressure changes; includes injury to the eustachian tube, ear drum, lung and stomach.
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- Acosta's disease T70.29
- Aerodontalgia T70.29
- Alpine sickness T70.29
- Andes disease T70.29
- Anoxia (pathological) R09.02
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R09.02
Hypoxemia
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- Barodontalgia T70.29
- Barotrauma T70.29
- Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- Acosta's T70.29
- alpine T70.29
- Andes T70.29
- Monge's T70.29
- Edema, edematous (infectious) (pitting) (toxic) R60.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R60.9
Edema, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- lung J81.1
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J81.1
Chronic pulmonary edema
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Pulmonary congestion (chronic) (passive)
- Pulmonary edema NOS
- Effect, adverse
- High
- altitude effects T70.20
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.20
Unspecified effects of high altitude
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- Hypobarism T70.29
- Hypobaropathy T70.29
- Monge's disease T70.29
- Mountain
- Sickness
- mountain T70.29
- alpine T70.29
- Andes T70.29
- aviator's T70.29
- balloon T70.29
- Syndrome - see also Disease
- low
- atmospheric pressure T70.29
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To T70.29
T70.2 Other and unspecified effects of high altitude
T70.20 Unspecified effects of high altitude
T70.29
Other effects of high altitude
T70.3 Caisson disease [decompression sickness]
T70.4 Effects of high-pressure fluids
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.