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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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2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.8
2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.8
Other effects of air pressure and water pressure
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- T70.8 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM T70.8 became effective on October 1, 2019.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T70.8 - other international versions of ICD-10 T70.8 may differ.
The following code(s) above
T70.8 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
T70.8:
- 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
- Blast (air) (hydraulic) (immersion) (underwater)
- Effect, adverse
- air pressure T70.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.9
Effect of air pressure and water pressure, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- atmospheric pressure T70.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.9
Effect of air pressure and water pressure, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- due to explosion T70.8
- specified effect NEC T70.8
- water pressure NEC T70.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T70.9
Effect of air pressure and water pressure, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- Injury T14.90 - see also specified injury type
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T14.90
Injury, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 - Converted to Parent Code 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- blast (air) (hydraulic) (immersion) (underwater) T14.8
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T14.8
Other injury of unspecified body region
2016 2017 2018 - Converted to Parent Code 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Abrasion NOS
- Contusion NOS
- Crush injury NOS
- Fracture NOS
- Skin injury NOS
- Vascular injury NOS
- Wound NOS
- generalized T70.8
- multiple body organs T70.8
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To T70.8
T70.3 Caisson disease [decompression sickness]
T70.4 Effects of high-pressure fluids
T70.8
Other effects of air pressure and water pressure
T70.9 Effect of air pressure and water pressure, unspecified
T71.1 Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing
T71.11 Asphyxiation due to smothering under pillow
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
