ICD-10-CM Code T18.11
Gastric contents in esophagus
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 T18.11 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of T18.11 that describes the diagnosis 'gastric contents in esophagus' in more detail.
- T18.11 Gastric contents in esophagus NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code T18 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 T18.11 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. - Vomitus in esophagus
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'T18.11 - Gastric contents in esophagus'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code T18.11. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: T18.1 - Foreign body in esophagus