T17.420A
Billable
ChapterS00–T88
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Official Description
Food in trachea causing asphyxiation, initial encounter
Metadata & Insights
- •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
- •Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88).
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Clinical Hierarchy
BillableHas subcodes
CH19Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
T15-T19Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19)
T17Foreign body in respiratory tract
T17.4Foreign body in trachea
T17.42Food in trachea
T17.420Food in trachea causing asphyxiation
T17.420AFood in trachea causing asphyxiation, initial encounterBillable
Applicable Ancestor Context
The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to T17.420A:
blockT15-T19
Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19)
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Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
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