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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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T71-
Asphyxiation
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2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T71.9XXA
2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T71.9XXA
Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause, initial encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
- T71.9XXA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM T71.9XXA became effective on October 1, 2019.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T71.9XXA - other international versions of ICD-10 T71.9XXA may differ.
The following code(s) above
T71.9XXA 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
T71.9XXA:
- S00-T88
2020 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.-)
- T71
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T71
Asphyxiation
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 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.-)
- T71.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T71.9
Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 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
- 922 Other injury, poisoning and toxic effect diagnoses with mcc
- 923 Other injury, poisoning and toxic effect diagnoses without mcc
Convert T71.9XXA 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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To T71.9XXA
T71.234 Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, undetermined
T71.29 Asphyxiation due to being trapped in other low oxygen environment
T71.9 Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause
T71.9XXA
…… initial encounter
T73 Effects of other deprivation
T73.1 Deprivation of water
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
