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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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T66-T78
Other and unspecified effects of external causes
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T70-
Effects of air pressure and water pressure
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.29XS
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.29XS
Other effects of high altitude, sequela
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 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 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.-)
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
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
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
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Alpine sickness
- Anoxia due to high altitude
- Barotrauma NOS
- Hypobaropathy
- Mountain sickness
Other effects of high altitude
Present On AdmissionPOA 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
T70.2 Other and unspecified effects of high altitude
T70.20 Unspecified effects of high altitude
T70.29 Other effects of high altitude
T70.29XS
…… sequela
T70.3 Caisson disease [decompression sickness]
T70.4 Effects of high-pressure fluids
T70.8 Other effects of air pressure and water pressure
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.