T79.0 Air embolism (traumatic)

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Excludes1 (never code together)

• air embolism complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)
• air embolism complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.0)
• air embolism following infusion, transfusion, and therapeutic injection (T80.0)
• air embolism following procedure NEC (T81.7-)

Applies from T79 Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2 (not included here)

• acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)
• complications occurring during or following medical procedures (T80-T88)
• complications of surgical and medical care NEC (T80-T88)
• newborn respiratory distress syndrome (P22.0)

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T79

7th character required

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

Code annotations containing back-references to T79.0

Back-references to T79.0

• Type 2 Excludes: I26 Pulmonary embolism ("pulmonary embolism due to trauma (T79.0, T79.1)")
• Type 1 Excludes: T81.7 Vascular complications following a procedure, not elsewhere classified ("traumatic embolism (T79.0)")

Diagnosis Index entries for T79.0

• Air › embolism (artery) (cerebral) (any site)
• Air › embolism (artery) (cerebral) (any site) › traumatic
• Embolism (multiple) (paradoxical) › air (any site) (traumatic)

Nearby codes

• T79 Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified
• T79.0 Air embolism (traumatic) (this code)
• T79.0XXA Air embolism (traumatic), initial encounter
• T79.0XXD Air embolism (traumatic), subsequent encounter
• T79.0XXS Air embolism (traumatic), sequela
• T79.1 Fat embolism (traumatic)
• T79.1XXA Fat embolism (traumatic), initial encounter