ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T79 › T79 Certain early complications of... › T79.7
Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema
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:
- T79.7XXA Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema, initial encounter
- T79.7XXD Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema, subsequent encounter
- T79.7XXS Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema, 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 Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema
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 T79 Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T79
Excludes2 - not included here
- acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)
- complications occurring during or following medical procedures (T80-T88)
- complications of surgical and medical care NEC (T80-T88)
- newborn respiratory distress syndrome (P22.0)
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.
- Emphysema > traumatic
- Emphysema > subcutaneous
- Emphysema > cellular tissue
- Emphysema > laminated tissue
- Emphysema > connective tissue
- Aerodermectasia > subcutaneous
- Emphysema > eyelid > traumatic
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| T79.0 | Air embolism (traumatic) | Not billable |
| T79.1 | Fat embolism (traumatic) | Not billable |
| T79.2 | Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma | Not billable |
| T79.4 | Traumatic shock | Not billable |
| T79.5 | Traumatic anuria | Not billable |
| T79.6 | Traumatic ischemia of muscle | Not billable |
| T79.8 | Other early complications of trauma | Not billable |
| T79.9 | Unspecified early complication of trauma | Not billable |
| T79.A | Traumatic compartment syndrome | Not billable |