Instruction Source: T17.928A
Food in resp tract, part unsp causing oth injury, init
Instruction Source: T17.928
Food in respiratory tract, part unspecified causing other injury
Instruction Source: T17.92
Food in respiratory tract, part unspecified
Instruction Source: T17.9
Foreign body in respiratory tract, part unspecified
Instruction Source: T17
Foreign body in respiratory tract
Instruction Source: T15-T19
Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19)
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- foreign body accidentally left in operation wound (T81.5-)
- foreign body in penetrating wound - See open wound by body region
- residual foreign body in soft tissue (M79.5)
- splinter, without open wound - See superficial injury by body region
Instruction Source: S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Clinical 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