T74Category · further specificity requiredCurrent

Adult and child abuse, neglect and other maltreatment, confirmed

HierarchyT66-T78 · T74

Code-level instructions

Excludes 1
  • abuse and maltreatment in pregnancy (O9A.3-, O9A.4-, O9A.5-)
  • adult and child maltreatment, suspected (T76.-)
Use additional code
  • code, if applicable, to identify any associated current injury
  • external cause code to identify perpetrator, if known (Y07.-)
Seventh character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T74

A — initial encounter

D — subsequent encounter

S — sequela

Inherited instructions

Chapters 19 · Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

Excludes 2
Use additional code

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

Note
  • 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
  • The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

T66-T78 · Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)

Code also
  • , if applicable, place of occurrence, such as:
  • highway rest stop (Y92.523)
  • school (private) (public) (state) as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.21-)
  • service areas as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.52-)
  • single-family non-institutional (private) house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.01-)
  • transport vehicle as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.81-)

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