T79Catégorie · précision supplémentaire requiseArchivée

Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified

HiérarchieT79 · T79

Instructions du code

Excludes 2
  • 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)
Seventh character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T79

A — initial encounter

D — subsequent encounter

S — sequela

Instructions des niveaux supérieurs

Chapitres 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.

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