ICD-10-CM Code T70.4XXA
Effects of high-pressure fluids, initial encounter
Billable Code
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.T70.4XXA is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of effects of high-pressure fluids, initial encounter. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.
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 |
MS-DRG Mapping
- DRG Group #922-923 - Other injury, poisoning and toxic effect diagnoses with MCC.
- DRG Group #922-923 - Other injury, poisoning and toxic effect diagnoses without MCC.
Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)
This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code T70.4XXA and a single ICD9 code, 993.4 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.
Parent Code: T70.4 - Effects of high-pressure fluids