T73.0XXA Starvation, initial encounter

Instructional Notes:

T73.0XXA
Description: Starvation, initial encounter
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T73.0
Description: Starvation
Inclusion Term:
- Deprivation of food
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T73
Description: Effects of other deprivation
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T66-T78
Description: Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)
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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.-)