ICD-10 CM Code T71.20
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T71 Asphyxiation
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T71.2 Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air
T71.20
Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air due to unspecified cause
Inclusion Term
- Suffocation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air
- Mechanical suffocation
- Traumatic suffocation
Excludes Type 1
- 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.-)
7th Character
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T71
- A - initial encounter
- D - subsequent encounter
- S - sequela
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