T70.3 Caisson disease [decompression sickness]

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Applicable to

• Compressed-air disease
• Diver's palsy or paralysis

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

Code annotations containing back-references to T70.3

Back-references to T70.3

• Code First: M90.5 Osteonecrosis in diseases classified elsewhere ("caisson disease (T70.3)")

Diagnosis Index entries for T70.3

• Aerobullosis
• Aeroembolism
• Air › compressed, disease
• Arthralgia (allergic) › in caisson disease
• Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) › due to or associated with › caisson disease
• Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) › in (due to) › caisson disease
• Bends
• Caisson disease
• Chokes (resulting from bends)
• Compressed air disease
• Compression › diver's squeeze
• Decompression sickness
• Disease, diseased › caisson
• Disease, diseased › compressed air
• Diver's palsy, paralysis or squeeze
• Dysbarism
• Effect, adverse › atmospheric pressure › high
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › carpus
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › clavicle
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › femur
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › fibula
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › finger
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › humerus
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › ilium
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › ischium
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › metacarpus
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › metatarsus
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › multiple sites
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › neck
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › radius
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › rib
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › scapula
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › skull
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › tarsus
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › tibia
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › toe
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › ulna
• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › in › caisson disease › vertebra
• Palsy › diver's
• Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) › compressed air
• Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) › diver's
• Sickness › compressed air
• Sickness › decompression
• Squeeze, diver's

Nearby codes

• T70.20XS Unspecified effects of high altitude, sequela
• T70.29 Other effects of high altitude
• 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] (this code)
• T70.3XXA Caisson disease [decompression sickness], initial encounter
• T70.3XXD Caisson disease [decompression sickness], subsequent encounter
• T70.3XXS Caisson disease [decompression sickness], sequela
• T70.4 Effects of high-pressure fluids
• T70.4XXA Effects of high-pressure fluids, initial encounter