T17.80
Unspecified foreign body in other parts of respiratory tract
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 3 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 2 never code together
7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 5
T17.8code
Inclusion terms
- Foreign body in bronchioles
- Foreign body in lung
S00-T88chapter
Notes
- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
- The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Use additional code
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-
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Alongside this code 3 same parent — T17.8
Subordinate codes 2
Medications 4
1315 Respiratory Tract Diseases drugs 407 Respiratory Tract Infections drugs 110 Respiratory Tract Neoplasms drugs 3 Respiratory Tract Fistula drugs
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
Additional references
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