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

2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.4XXS

Effects of high-pressure fluids, sequela

2016

2017

2018

Billable/Specific Code

POA Exempt

T70.4XXS is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2018 edition of ICD-10-CM T70.4XXS became effective on October 1, 2017.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T70.4XXS - other international versions of ICD-10 T70.4XXS may differ.

The following code(s) above T70.4XXS 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 T70.4XXS:

S00-T88
2018 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
T70.4
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.4
Effects of high-pressure fluids
Applicable To
- Hydraulic jet injection (industrial)
- Pneumatic jet injection (industrial)
- Traumatic jet injection (industrial)
Effects of high-pressure fluids

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.

T70.4XXS is considered exempt from POA reporting.

ICD-10-CM T70.4XXS is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v35.0):

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

Convert T70.4XXS 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

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To T70.4XXS

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

T70.8XXD …… subsequent encounter

T70.8XXS …… sequela

T70.9 Effect of air pressure and water pressure, unspecified

T70.9XXA …… initial encounter

T70.9XXD …… subsequent encounter

T70.9XXS …… sequela

T71 Asphyxiation

T71.1 Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing

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

2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.4XXS

Effects of high-pressure fluids, sequela

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Effects of high-pressure fluids