Instruction Source: T79.A12D
Traumatic compartment syndrome of left upper extremity, subs
Instruction Source: T79.A12
Traumatic compartment syndrome of left upper extremity
Instruction Source: T79.A1
Traumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity
Instruction Source: T79.A
Traumatic compartment syndrome
Excludes 1 (Mutually Exclusive)
- fibromyalgia (M79.7)
- nontraumatic compartment syndrome (M79.A-)
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- traumatic ischemic infarction of muscle (T79.6)
Instruction Source: T79
Certain early complications of trauma (T79)
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- 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)
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