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ICD-10-CM Code T17.21
Gastric contents in pharynx

NON-BILLABLE
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-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code T17.21 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of T17.21 that describes the diagnosis 'gastric contents in pharynx' in more detail.


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)

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Coding Notes for T17.21 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

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.
Aspiration of gastric contents into pharynx
Vomitus in pharynx

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'T17.21 - Gastric contents in pharynx'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code T17.21. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.


Parent Code: T17.2 - Foreign body in pharynx

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