ICD-10-CM Codes
S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
T66-T78 Other and unspecified effects of external causes
T70- Effects of air pressure and water pressure
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.1XXD

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.1XXD

Sinus barotrauma, subsequent encounter

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Billable/Specific Code

POA Exempt

T70.1XXD 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 T70.1XXD became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T70.1XXD - other international versions of ICD-10 T70.1XXD may differ.

The following code(s) above T70.1XXD 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 T70.1XXD:

S00-T88
2021 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
T70.1
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.1
Sinus barotrauma
Applicable To
- Aerosinusitis
- Effects of change in ambient atmospheric pressure on sinuses
Sinus barotrauma

Present On Admission

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.

T70.1XXD is considered exempt from POA reporting.

ICD-10-CM T70.1XXD is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

949 Aftercare with cc/mcc
950 Aftercare without cc/mcc

Convert T70.1XXD 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 T70.1XXD

T69.9XXA …… initial encounter

T69.9XXD …… subsequent encounter

T69.9XXS …… sequela

T70 Effects of air pressure and water pressure

T70.0 Otitic barotrauma

T70.0XXA …… initial encounter

T70.0XXD …… subsequent encounter

T70.0XXS …… sequela

T70.1 Sinus barotrauma

T70.1XXA …… initial encounter

T70.1XXD …… subsequent encounter

T70.1XXS …… sequela

T70.2 Other and unspecified effects of high altitude

T70.20 Unspecified effects of high altitude

T70.20XA …… initial encounter

T70.20XD …… subsequent encounter

T70.20XS …… sequela

T70.29 Other effects of high altitude

T70.29XA …… initial encounter

T70.29XD …… subsequent encounter

T70.29XS …… sequela

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

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.1XXD

Sinus barotrauma, subsequent encounter

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Sinus barotrauma