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ICD-10-CM Codes
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S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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T15-T19
Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice
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T17-
Foreign body in respiratory tract
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2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T17.220
Food in pharynx causing asphyxiation
2016 2017 2018 2019 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- T17.220 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM T17.220 became effective on October 1, 2018.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T17.220 - other international versions of ICD-10 T17.220 may differ.
The following code(s) above
T17.220 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
T17.220:
- S00-T88
2019 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesNote- 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
Use Additional- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- T15-T19
2019 ICD-10-CM Range T15-T19
Effects of foreign body entering through natural orificeType 2 Excludes- foreign body accidentally left in operation wound (T81.5-)
- foreign body in penetrating wound - See open wound by body region
- residual foreign body in soft tissue (M79.5)
- splinter, without open wound - See superficial injury by body region
- T17.2
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T17.2
Foreign body in pharynx
2016 2017 2018 2019 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Foreign body in nasopharynx
- Foreign body in throat NOS
- T17.22
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T17.22
Food in pharynx
2016 2017 2018 2019 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Bones in pharynx
- Seeds in pharynx
- 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
- Foreign body
- pharynx T17.208
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T17.208
Unspecified foreign body in pharynx causing other injury
2016 2017 2018 2019 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- causing
- asphyxiation T17.200
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T17.200
Unspecified foreign body in pharynx causing asphyxiation
2016 2017 2018 2019 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- food T17.220 (bone) (seed)
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To T17.220
T17.21 Gastric contents in pharynx
T17.210 Gastric contents in pharynx causing asphyxiation
T17.218 Gastric contents in pharynx causing other injury
T17.220
Food in pharynx causing asphyxiation
T17.228 Food in pharynx causing other injury
T17.29 Other foreign object in pharynx
T17.290 Other foreign object in pharynx causing asphyxiation
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
