T71 Asphyxiation
Non-billable header with 3 child codes.
Applicable to
- Mechanical suffocation
- Traumatic suffocation
Excludes1 (never code together)
- acute respiratory distress (syndrome) (J80)
- anoxia due to high altitude (T70.2)
- asphyxia NOS (R09.01)
- asphyxia from carbon monoxide (T58.-)
- asphyxia from inhalation of food or foreign body (T17.-)
- asphyxia from other gases, fumes and vapors (T59.-)
- respiratory distress (syndrome) in newborn (P22.-)
7th character note
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T71
7th character required
- A — initial encounter
- D — subsequent encounter
- S — sequela
Applies from T71 Asphyxiation
Applicable to
- Mechanical suffocation
- Traumatic suffocation
Excludes1 (never code together)
- acute respiratory distress (syndrome) (J80)
- anoxia due to high altitude (T70.2)
- asphyxia NOS (R09.01)
- asphyxia from carbon monoxide (T58.-)
- asphyxia from inhalation of food or foreign body (T17.-)
- asphyxia from other gases, fumes and vapors (T59.-)
- respiratory distress (syndrome) in newborn (P22.-)
7th character note
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T71
7th character required
- A — initial encounter
- D — subsequent encounter
- S — sequela
Codes under T71
T71.1 Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathingT71.2 Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient airT71.9 Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause
Code annotations containing back-references to T71
Back-references to T71
- Type 1 Excludes:
R09.0 Asphyxia and hypoxemia ("traumatic asphyxia (T71.-)")
Back-references to T71
- Type 1 Excludes:
R09.0 Asphyxia and hypoxemia ("traumatic asphyxia (T71.-)")
Diagnosis Index entries for T71
- Suffocation (accidental) (by external means) (by pressure) (mechanical)
Nearby codes
T71 Asphyxiation (this code)T71.1 Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathingT71.11 Asphyxiation due to smothering under pillowT71.111 Asphyxiation due to smothering under pillow, accidentalT71.111A Asphyxiation due to smothering under pillow, accidental, initial encounterT71.111D Asphyxiation due to smothering under pillow, accidental, subsequent encounter