ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T15-T19 › T17 Foreign body in respiratory tract › T17.3

T17.3

Foreign body in larynx

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 4 more specific codes instead:

  • T17.30 Unspecified foreign body in larynx (also a header)
  • T17.31 Gastric contents in larynx (also a header)
  • T17.32 Food in larynx (also a header)
  • T17.39 Other foreign object in larynx (also a header)

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

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Foreign body in larynx

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.-)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
T17.0 Foreign body in nasal sinus Not billable
T17.1 Foreign body in nostril Not billable
T17.2 Foreign body in pharynx 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