T79.A0XA Compartment syndrome, unspecified, initial encounter

Instructional Notes:

T79.A0XA
Description: Compartment syndrome, unspecified, initial encounter
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T79.A0
Description: Compartment syndrome, unspecified
Inclusion Term:
- Compartment syndrome NOS
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T79.A
Description: Traumatic compartment syndrome
Exclude1:
- fibromyalgia (M79.7)
- nontraumatic compartment syndrome (M79.A-)
Exclude2:
- traumatic ischemic infarction of muscle (T79.6)
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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)
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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.-)