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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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T71-
Asphyxiation
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T71.222
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T71.222
Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a car trunk, intentional self-harm
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- T71.222 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- Short description: Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a car trunk, self-harm
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM T71.222 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T71.222 - other international versions of ICD-10 T71.222 may differ.
The following code(s) above
T71.222 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
T71.222:
- 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 - T71
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T71
Asphyxiation
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Mechanical suffocation
- Traumatic suffocation
Type 1 Excludes- acute respiratory distress (syndrome) (J80)
- anoxia due to high altitude (T70.2)
- asphyxia NOS (R09.01)
- asphyxia from carbon monoxide (T58.-)
- asphyxia from inhalation of food or foreign body (T17.-)
- asphyxia from other gases, fumes and vapors (T59.-)
- respiratory distress (syndrome) in newborn (P22.-)
Asphyxiation - T71.2
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T71.2
Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Suffocation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air
Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air
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
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation (by) R09.01
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R09.01
Asphyxia
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- traumatic T71.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T71.9
Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Suffocation (by strangulation) due to unspecified cause
- Suffocation NOS
- Systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air due to unspecified cause
- Systemic oxygen deficiency due to mechanical threat to breathing due to unspecified cause
- Traumatic asphyxia NOS
- due to
- low oxygen content of ambient air T71.20
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T71.20
Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air due to unspecified cause
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- due to
- being trapped in
- low oxygen environment T71.29
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T71.29
Asphyxiation due to being trapped in other low oxygen environment
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- in car trunk T71.221
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T71.221
Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a car trunk, accidental
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To T71.222
T71.21 Asphyxiation due to cave-in or falling earth
T71.22 Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a car trunk
T71.221 Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a car trunk, accidental
T71.222
Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a car trunk, intentional self-harm
T71.223 Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a car trunk, assault
T71.224 Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a car trunk, undetermined
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.