T71.9Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause

ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)

Code Details

Billable	No — use a more specific child code
Chapter	Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Section	Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)
Parent code	T71 — Asphyxiation
Requires 7th character	Yes

Suffocation (by strangulation) due to unspecified cause
Suffocation NOS
Systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air due to unspecified cause
Systemic oxygen deficiency due to mechanical threat to breathing due to unspecified cause
Traumatic asphyxia NOS

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