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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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T18-
Foreign body in alimentary tract
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T18.0XXA
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T18.0XXA
Foreign body in mouth, initial encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- T18.0XXA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM T18.0XXA became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T18.0XXA - other international versions of ICD-10 T18.0XXA may differ.
The following code(s) above
T18.0XXA 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
T18.0XXA:
- S00-T88
2021 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
2021 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
- T18
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T18
Foreign body in alimentary tract
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 2 Excludes- foreign body in pharynx (T17.2-)
- 011 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with mcc
- 012 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with cc
- 013 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy without cc/mcc
- 157 Dental and oral diseases with mcc
- 158 Dental and oral diseases with cc
- 159 Dental and oral diseases without cc/mcc
Convert T18.0XXA to ICD-9-CM
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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To T18.0XXA
T17.990 Other foreign object in respiratory tract, part unspecified in causing asphyxiation
T17.998 Other foreign object in respiratory tract, part unspecified causing other injury
T18 Foreign body in alimentary tract
T18.0 Foreign body in mouth
T18.0XXA
…… initial encounter
T18.1 Foreign body in esophagus
T18.10 Unspecified foreign body in esophagus
T18.100 Unspecified foreign body in esophagus causing compression of trachea
T18.108 Unspecified foreign body in esophagus causing other injury
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
