T79.4 Traumatic shock

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Applicable to

• Shock (immediate) (delayed) following injury

Excludes1 (never code together)

• anaphylactic shock due to adverse food reaction (T78.0-)
• anaphylactic shock due to correct medicinal substance properly administered (T88.6)
• anaphylactic shock due to serum (T80.5-)
• anaphylactic shock NOS (T78.2)
• electric shock (T75.4)
• nontraumatic shock NEC (R57.-)
• obstetric shock (O75.1)
• postprocedural shock (T81.1-)
• septic shock (R65.21)
• shock complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.3)
• shock due to anesthesia (T88.2)
• shock due to lightning (T75.01)
• shock NOS (R57.9)

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 T79.4

Back-references to T79.4

• Type 1 Excludes: E86 Volume depletion ("traumatic hypovolemic shock (T79.4)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R57 Shock, not elsewhere classified ("traumatic shock (T79.4)")
• Type 1 Excludes: T81.1 Postprocedural shock ("traumatic shock (T79.4)")

Diagnosis Index entries for T79.4

• Blood › pressure › decreased, due to shock following injury
• Decrease (d) › blood › pressure › due to shock following › injury
• Decrease (d) › respiration, due to shock following injury
• Feeble rapid pulse due to shock following injury
• Hypovolemia › traumatic (shock)
• Pulse › feeble, rapid due to shock following injury
• Rapid › feeble pulse, due to shock, following injury
• Respiration › decreased due to shock, following injury
• Shock › following › injury (immediate) (delayed)
• Shock › hemorrhagic › trauma
• Shock › hypovolemic › traumatic
• Shock › pleural (surgical) › due to trauma
• Shock › traumatic (immediate) (delayed)
• Syndrome › shock (traumatic)

Nearby codes

• T79.1XXS Fat embolism (traumatic), sequela
• T79.2 Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma
• T79.2XXA Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma, initial encounter
• T79.2XXD Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma, subsequent encounter
• T79.2XXS Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma, sequela
• T79.4 Traumatic shock (this code)
• T79.4XXA Traumatic shock, initial encounter
• T79.4XXD Traumatic shock, subsequent encounter
• T79.4XXS Traumatic shock, sequela
• T79.5 Traumatic anuria
• T79.5XXA Traumatic anuria, initial encounter