T78 Description: Adverse effects, not elsewhere classified Exclude2:
complications of surgical and medical care NEC (T80-T88)
↓
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.-)