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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 T18.120S
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T18.120S
Food in esophagus causing compression of trachea, sequela
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code POA Exempt
- T18.120S 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 T18.120S became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T18.120S - other international versions of ICD-10 T18.120S may differ.
The following code(s) above
T18.120S 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
T18.120S:
- 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-)
- T18.1
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T18.1
Foreign body in esophagus
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 2 Excludes- foreign body in respiratory tract (T17.-)
- T18.12
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T18.12
Food in esophagus
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Bones in esophagus
- Seeds in esophagus
- T18.120
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T18.120
Food in esophagus causing compression of trachea
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Food in esophagus causing obstruction of respiration
POA Help
"Present On Admission" is defined as present at the time the order for inpatient admission occurs — conditions that develop during an outpatient encounter, including emergency department, observation, or outpatient surgery, are considered POA.
- T18.120S is considered exempt from POA reporting.
ICD-10-CM T18.120S is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 913 Traumatic injury with mcc
- 914 Traumatic injury without mcc
Convert T18.120S 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 T18.120S
T18.118 Gastric contents in esophagus causing other injury
T18.120 Food in esophagus causing compression of trachea
T18.120S
…… sequela
T18.128 Food in esophagus causing other injury
T18.19 Other foreign object in esophagus
T18.190 Other foreign object in esophagus causing compression of trachea
T18.198 Other foreign object 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.
