ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T66-T78 › T71.23 Asphyxiation due to being trapped... › T71.233
Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, assault
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:
- T71.233A Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, assault, initial encounter
- T71.233D Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, assault, subsequent encounter
- T71.233S Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, assault, 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 Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, assault
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 T71 Asphyxiation
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T71
Excludes1 - never coded here
- acute respiratory distress (syndrome) (J80)
- anoxia due to high altitude (T70.2)
- asphyxia NOS (R09.01)
- asphyxia from carbon monoxide (T58.-)
- asphyxia from inhalation of food or foreign body (T17.-)
- asphyxia from other gases, fumes and vapors (T59.-)
- respiratory distress (syndrome) in newborn (P22.-)
Also known as
- Mechanical suffocation
- Traumatic suffocation
Inherited from the T66-T78 section Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)
Code also
- , if applicable, place of occurrence, such as:
- highway rest stop (Y92.523)
- school (private) (public) (state) as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.21-)
- service areas as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.52-)
- single-family non-institutional (private) house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.01-)
- transport vehicle as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.81-)
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.
- Hanging
- Hypoxia
- Suffocation
- Anoxia > systemic
- Overlaid, overlying
- Strangulation, strangulated
- Cave-in, injury > suffocation
- Deficiency, deficient > oxygen
- Inhalation > liquid or vomitus
- Effect, adverse > strangulation
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation > bunny bag
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation > inhalation
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation > strangulation
- Bedclothes, asphyxiation or suffocation by
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation > postnatal > mechanical
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation > traumatic > due to > low oxygen content of ambient air > due to > being trapped in > low oxygen environment > in refrigerator > done with intent to harm by > another person
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| T71.231 | Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, accidental | Not billable |
| T71.232 | Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, intentional self-harm | Not billable |
| T71.234 | Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, undetermined | Not billable |