ICD-10-CM Section T79
Certain early complications of trauma
- T79 Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE T79.0 Air embolism (traumatic)
- BILLABLE T79.1 Fat embolism (traumatic)
- BILLABLE T79.2 Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma
- BILLABLE T79.4 Traumatic shock
- BILLABLE T79.5 Traumatic anuria
- BILLABLE T79.6 Traumatic ischemia of muscle
- BILLABLE T79.7 Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema
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- T79.A0 Compartment syndrome, unspecified BILLABLE
- T79.A1 Traumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity NON-BILLABLE
- T79.A2 Traumatic compartment syndrome of lower extremity NON-BILLABLE
- T79.A3 Traumatic compartment syndrome of abdomen BILLABLE
- T79.A9 Traumatic compartment syndrome of other sites BILLABLE
- BILLABLE T79.8 Other early complications of trauma
- BILLABLE T79.9 Unspecified early complication of trauma
Coding Notes for Section T79
- Section Notes:
- 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
- The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
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Additional Code Note:
Use Additional Code
Use Additional Code note means a second code must be used in conjunction with this code. Codes with this note are Etiology codes and must be followed by a Manifestation code or codes. - Code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable See code Z18.-
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Section Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Birth trauma - instead, use Section P10-P15
- Obstetric trauma - instead, use Section O70-O71