T17.820

Billable

ChapterS00–T88

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Official Description

Food in other parts of respiratory tract 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

T17.8Foreign body in other parts of respiratory tract

T17.82Food in other parts of respiratory tract

T17.820Food in other parts of respiratory tract causing asphyxiationBillable

T17.820AFood in other parts of respiratory tract causing asphyxiation, initial encounterBillable

T17.820DFood in other parts of respiratory tract causing asphyxiation, subsequent encounterBillable

T17.820SFood in other parts of respiratory tract causing asphyxiation, sequelaBillable

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to T17.820:

subcategoryT17.82

Food in other parts of respiratory tract

subcategoryT17.8

Foreign body in other parts of respiratory tract

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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