T70.3XXA Caisson disease [decompression sickness], initial encounter

Instructional Notes:

T70.3XXA
Description: Caisson disease [decompression sickness], initial encounter
↓
T70.3
Description: Caisson disease [decompression sickness]
Inclusion Term:
- Compressed-air disease
- Diver's palsy or paralysis
↓
T70
Description: Effects of air pressure and water pressure
↓
T66-T78
Description: Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)
↓
S00-T88
Description: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Exclude2:
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Notes:
- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
Use Additional Code:
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)