T70.29 Other effects of high altitude

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Applicable to

• Alpine sickness
• Anoxia due to high altitude
• Barotrauma NOS
• Hypobaropathy
• Mountain sickness

Applies from T70 Effects of air pressure and water pressure

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T70

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Applies from T70.2 Other and unspecified effects of high altitude

Excludes2 (not included here)

• polycythemia due to high altitude (D75.1)

Code annotations containing back-references to T70.29

Back-references to T70.2

• Type 1 Excludes: T71 Asphyxiation ("anoxia due to high altitude (T70.2)")

Diagnosis Index entries for T70.29

• Acosta's disease
• Aerodontalgia
• Alpine sickness
• Andes disease
• Anoxia (pathological) › altitude
• Anoxia (pathological) › due to › high altitude
• Barodontalgia
• Barotrauma
• Barotrauma › odontalgia
• Disease, diseased › Acosta's
• Disease, diseased › alpine
• Disease, diseased › Andes
• Disease, diseased › Monge's
• Edema, edematous (infectious) (pitting) (toxic) › lung › due to › high altitude
• Effect, adverse › high altitude NEC
• Effect, adverse › high altitude NEC › anoxia
• High › altitude effects › anoxia
• Hypobarism
• Hypobaropathy
• Monge's disease
• Mountain › sickness
• Sickness › alpine
• Sickness › Andes
• Sickness › aviator's
• Sickness › balloon
• Sickness › mountain
• Syndrome › low › atmospheric pressure

Nearby codes

• T70.2 Other and unspecified effects of high altitude
• T70.20 Unspecified effects of high altitude
• T70.20XA Unspecified effects of high altitude, initial encounter
• T70.20XD Unspecified effects of high altitude, subsequent encounter
• T70.20XS Unspecified effects of high altitude, sequela
• T70.29 Other effects of high altitude (this code)
• T70.29XA Other effects of high altitude, initial encounter
• T70.29XD Other effects of high altitude, subsequent encounter
• T70.29XS Other effects of high altitude, sequela
• T70.3 Caisson disease [decompression sickness]
• T70.3XXA Caisson disease [decompression sickness], initial encounter