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 T70.29XS

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.29XS

Other effects of high altitude, sequela

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Billable/Specific Code

POA Exempt

T70.29XS 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 T70.29XS became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T70.29XS - other international versions of ICD-10 T70.29XS may differ.

The following code(s) above T70.29XS 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 T70.29XS:

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
T70.2
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.2
Other and unspecified effects of high altitude
Type 2 Excludes
- polycythemia due to high altitude (D75.1)
Other and unspecified effects of high altitude
T70.29
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.29
Other effects of high altitude
Applicable To
- Alpine sickness
- Anoxia due to high altitude
- Barotrauma NOS
- Hypobaropathy
- Mountain sickness
Other effects of high altitude

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.

T70.29XS is considered exempt from POA reporting.

ICD-10-CM T70.29XS is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

922 Other injury, poisoning and toxic effect diagnoses with mcc
923 Other injury, poisoning and toxic effect diagnoses without mcc

Convert T70.29XS 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 T70.29XS

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

T70.3 Caisson disease [decompression sickness]

T70.3XXA …… initial encounter

T70.3XXD …… subsequent encounter

T70.3XXS …… sequela

T70.4 Effects of high-pressure fluids

T70.4XXA …… initial encounter

T70.4XXD …… subsequent encounter

T70.4XXS …… sequela

T70.8 Other effects of air pressure and water pressure

T70.8XXA …… initial encounter

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 T70.29XS

Other effects of high altitude, sequela

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Other and unspecified effects of high altitude

Other effects of high altitude