Unspecified foreign body in trachea causing asphyxiation

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:

T17.400A Unspecified foreign body in trachea causing asphyxiation, initial encounter
T17.400D Unspecified foreign body in trachea causing asphyxiation, subsequent encounter
T17.400S Unspecified foreign body in trachea causing asphyxiation, 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 Unspecified foreign body in trachea causing asphyxiation

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
Asphyxia, asphyxiation > vomiting, vomitus
Foreign body > respiratory tract > trachea
Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
Foreign body > entering through orifice > trachea
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 > trachea > causing > asphyxiation

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
T17.408	Unspecified foreign body in trachea causing other injury	Not billable