T79.9XXS Unspecified early complication of trauma, sequela
Instructional Notes:
T79.9XXS Description: Unspecified early complication of trauma, sequela ↓
T79.9 Description: Unspecified early complication of trauma ↓
T79 Description: Certain early complications of trauma (T79) Exclude2:
acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)
complications occurring during or following medical procedures (T80-T88)
complications of surgical and medical care NEC (T80-T88)
newborn respiratory distress syndrome (P22.0)
↓
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.-)