ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T15-T19 › T17.390 Other foreign object in larynx... › T17.390D
Other foreign object in larynx causing asphyxiation, subsequent encounter
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other foreign object in larynx causing asphyxiation, subsequent encounter
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
- Retching
- Granuloma > talc
- Aspiration > vomitus
- Regurgitation > food
- Foreign body > granuloma
- Reaction > foreign > body NEC
- Foreign body > lacrimal punctum
- Aspiration > syndrome of newborn
- Regurgitation > gastric contents
- Myositis > foreign body granuloma
- Pneumonia > neonatal > aspiration
- Syndrome > aspiration, of newborn
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation > inhalation
- Aspiration > milk > specified age NEC
- Aspiration > blood > specified age NEC
- Foreign body > respiratory tract > larynx
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation > vomiting, vomitus
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > larynx
- 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 > larynx > causing > asphyxiation > specified type NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| T17.390A | Other foreign object in larynx causing asphyxiation, initial encounter | Valid |
| T17.390S | Other foreign object in larynx causing asphyxiation, sequela | Valid |