ICD-10-CM Codes
S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
T15-T19 Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice
T17- Foreign body in respiratory tract
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T17.500

2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T17.500

Unspecified foreign body in bronchus causing asphyxiation

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Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

T17.500 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM T17.500 became effective on October 1, 2021.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T17.500 - other international versions of ICD-10 T17.500 may differ.

The following code(s) above T17.500 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 T17.500:

S00-T88
2022 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Note
- 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
Type 1 Excludes
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Use Additional
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
T15-T19
2022 ICD-10-CM Range T15-T19
Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice
Type 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
Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice

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
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to T17.500:

Foreign body
- bronchus T17.508
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T17.508
  Unspecified foreign body in bronchus causing other injury
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
  - causing
    - asphyxiation T17.500

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To T17.500

T17.490 Other foreign object in trachea causing asphyxiation

T17.490A …… initial encounter

T17.490D …… subsequent encounter

T17.490S …… sequela

T17.498 Other foreign object in trachea causing other injury

T17.498A …… initial encounter

T17.498D …… subsequent encounter

T17.498S …… sequela

T17.5 Foreign body in bronchus

T17.50 Unspecified foreign body in bronchus

T17.500 Unspecified foreign body in bronchus causing asphyxiation

T17.500A …… initial encounter

T17.500D …… subsequent encounter

T17.500S …… sequela

T17.508 Unspecified foreign body in bronchus causing other injury

T17.508A …… initial encounter

T17.508D …… subsequent encounter

T17.508S …… sequela

T17.51 Gastric contents in bronchus

T17.510 Gastric contents in bronchus causing asphyxiation

T17.510A …… initial encounter

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T17.500

Unspecified foreign body in bronchus causing asphyxiation

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice

Unspecified foreign body in bronchus causing other injury