ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T15-T19 › T18 Foreign body in alimentary tract › T18.8
Foreign body in other parts of alimentary tract
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- T18.8XXA Foreign body in other parts of alimentary tract, initial encounter
- T18.8XXD Foreign body in other parts of alimentary tract, subsequent encounter
- T18.8XXS Foreign body in other parts of alimentary tract, 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 other parts of alimentary tract
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 T18 Foreign body in alimentary tract
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T18
Excludes2 - not included here
- foreign body in pharynx (T17.2-)
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
- Regurgitation > food
- Foreign body > granuloma
- Ingestion > foreign body
- 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
- Swallowed, swallowing > foreign body
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > globe
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
- Foreign body > alimentary tract > multiple sites
- Foreign body > alimentary tract > specified site NEC
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > alimentary canal > multiple parts
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > alimentary canal > specified part NEC
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > gastrointestinal tract > multiple parts
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > gastrointestinal tract > specified part NEC
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > digestive organ or tract NOS > multiple parts
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > digestive organ or tract NOS > specified part NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| T18.0 | Foreign body in mouth | Not billable |
| T18.1 | Foreign body in esophagus | Not billable |
| T18.2 | Foreign body in stomach | Not billable |
| T18.3 | Foreign body in small intestine | Not billable |
| T18.4 | Foreign body in colon | Not billable |
| T18.5 | Foreign body in anus and rectum | Not billable |
| T18.9 | Foreign body of alimentary tract, part unspecified | Not billable |