2018

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  2. S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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  3. T15-T19 Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice
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  4. T17- Foreign body in respiratory tract
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2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T17.500A

Unspecified foreign body in bronchus causing asphyxiation, initial encounter

The following code(s) above T17.500A 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 T17.500A:
  • S00-T88
    2018 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
    Use Additional
    • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
    Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
  • T15-T19
    2018 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
Approximate Synonyms ICD-10-CM T17.500A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v35.0):

Convert T17.500A to ICD-9-CM

Code History
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To T17.500A
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
T17.510D …… subsequent encounter

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