ICD-10-CM Code T17.5
Foreign body in bronchus
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 T17.5 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of T17.5 that describes the diagnosis 'foreign body in bronchus' in more detail.
- T17.5 Foreign body in bronchus NON-BILLABLE
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- T17.520 Food in bronchus causing asphyxiation NON-BILLABLE
- T17.528 Food in bronchus causing other injury NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code T175 is used to code Pulmonary aspiration
Upper respiratory tract (pharynx and larynx) and lower respiratory tract (trachea, bronchi, and lung)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
Parent Code: T17 - Foreign body in respiratory tract