ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T79 › T79 Certain early complications of... › T79.A
Traumatic compartment syndrome
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 5 more specific codes instead:
- T79.A0 Compartment syndrome, unspecified (also a header)
- T79.A1 Traumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity (also a header)
- T79.A2 Traumatic compartment syndrome of lower extremity (also a header)
- T79.A3 Traumatic compartment syndrome of abdomen (also a header)
- T79.A9 Traumatic compartment syndrome of other sites (also a header)
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Traumatic compartment syndrome
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)
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 |
| T79.7 | Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema | Not billable |
| T79.8 | Other early complications of trauma | Not billable |
| T79.9 | Unspecified early complication of trauma | Not billable |