ICD-10-CM Code T70
Effects of air pressure and water pressure
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 T70 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the seven child codes of T70 that describes the diagnosis 'effects of air pressure and water pressure' in more detail.
- T70 Effects of air pressure and water pressure NON-BILLABLE
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- T70.20 Unspecified effects of high altitude NON-BILLABLE
- T70.29 Other effects of high altitude NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code T70 is used to code Dysbarism
Dysbarism refers to medical conditions resulting from changes in ambient pressure. Various activities are associated with pressure changes. Scuba diving is the most frequently cited example, but pressure changes also affect people who work in other pressurized environments (for example, caisson workers), and people who move between different altitudes.
| Specialty: | Emergency Medicine |
| ICD 9 Code: | 993 |
Coding Notes for T70 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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7th Character Extension Notes:
What is 7th Character Extension?
For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier. T67.4XXA Initial Encounter or T67.4XXD Subsequent Encounter. More Info - The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category See Code T70
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'T70 - Effects of air pressure and water pressure'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code T70. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.