ICD-10-CM Code T17.2
Foreign body in pharynx
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code T17.2 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of T17.2 that describes the diagnosis 'foreign body in pharynx' in more detail.
- T17.2 Foreign body in pharynx NON-BILLABLE
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- T17.220 Food in pharynx causing asphyxiation NON-BILLABLE
- T17.228 Food in pharynx causing other injury NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code T17 is used to code Foreign body
A foreign body or sometimes known as FB (Latin: corpus alienum) is any object originating outside the body. In machinery, it can mean any unwanted intruding object.
Specialty: | Emergency Medicine |
MeSH Codes: | D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547 |
ICD 9 Codes: | 930, 931, 933, 932, 934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939, 919.6 |
Endoscopy image of gastric foreign body (toothbrush)
Coding Notes for T17.2 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Inclusion Terms:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive. - Foreign body in nasopharynx
- Foreign body in throat NOS
Parent Code: T17 - Foreign body in respiratory tract