Foreign body in nasal sinus

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

T17.0XXA Foreign body in nasal sinus, initial encounter
T17.0XXD Foreign body in nasal sinus, subsequent encounter
T17.0XXS Foreign body in nasal sinus, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Foreign body in nasal sinus

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from T17 Foreign body in respiratory tract

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T17

Inherited from the T15-T19 section Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19)

Excludes2 - not included here

foreign body accidentally left in operation wound (T81.5-)
foreign body in penetrating wound - See open wound by body region
residual foreign body in soft tissue (M79.5)
splinter, without open wound - See superficial injury by body region

Use additional code

code, if known, for foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice (W44.-)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Emesis
Hanging
Retching
Suffocation
Granuloma > talc
Anoxia > systemic
Overlaid, overlying
Aspiration > vomitus
Regurgitation > food
Foreign body > granuloma
Strangulation, strangulated
Cave-in, injury > suffocation
Reaction > foreign > body NEC
Inhalation > liquid or vomitus
Effect, adverse > strangulation
Foreign body > lacrimal punctum
Aspiration > syndrome of newborn
Regurgitation > gastric contents
Myositis > foreign body granuloma
Pneumonia > neonatal > aspiration
Syndrome > aspiration, of newborn
Asphyxia, asphyxiation > bunny bag
Asphyxia, asphyxiation > inhalation
Aspiration > milk > specified age NEC
Asphyxia, asphyxiation > strangulation
Aspiration > blood > specified age NEC
Asphyxia, asphyxiation > vomiting, vomitus
Bedclothes, asphyxiation or suffocation by
Asphyxia, asphyxiation > postnatal > mechanical
Foreign body > entering through orifice > globe
Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
Asphyxia, asphyxiation > traumatic > due to > foreign body
Foreign body > entering through orifice > respiratory tract
Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
Foreign body > respiratory tract > nasal sinus
Foreign body > entering through orifice > sinus
Foreign body > entering through orifice > antrum
Foreign body > entering through orifice > nasal sinus
Foreign body > entering through orifice > accessory sinus

Showing 40 of 42 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
T17.1	Foreign body in nostril	Not billable
T17.2	Foreign body in pharynx	Not billable
T17.3	Foreign body in larynx	Not billable
T17.4	Foreign body in trachea	Not billable
T17.5	Foreign body in bronchus	Not billable
T17.8	Foreign body in other parts of respiratory tract	Not billable
T17.9	Foreign body in respiratory tract, part unspecified	Not billable