T17.520

Billable

ChapterS00–T88

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Official Description

Food in bronchus causing asphyxiation

Metadata & Insights

•Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
•Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88).

General instructions are available for the parent sections:

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

T17.5Foreign body in bronchus

T17.52Food in bronchus

T17.520Food in bronchus causing asphyxiationBillable

T17.520AFood in bronchus causing asphyxiation, initial encounterBillable

T17.520DFood in bronchus causing asphyxiation, subsequent encounterBillable

T17.520SFood in bronchus causing asphyxiation, sequelaBillable

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to T17.520:

subcategoryT17.52

Food in bronchus

Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19)

chapterCH19

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

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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