T17.818D
Gastric contents in other parts of respiratory tract causing other injury, subsequent encounter
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 2 never code together
7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter this code
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.-
Index entries leading here 6
- Choked, choking (on) (any object except food or vomitus)
- vomitus T17.81
- Compression
- trachea by
- vomitus (lodged in esophagus) T17.81
- trachea by
- Suffocation (accidental) (by external means) (by pressure) (mechanical) T71
- due to, by
- vomitus (aspiration) (inhalation) T17.81
- due to, by
- Inhalation
- Interruption of respiration (by)
- vomitus (lodged in esophagus) T17.81
- Vomitus, gastric contents in air passages (with asphyxia, obstruction or suffocation) T17.81
Alongside this code 2 same parent — T17.818
Medications 4
1315 Respiratory Tract Diseases drugs 407 Respiratory Tract Infections drugs 110 Respiratory Tract Neoplasms drugs 3 Respiratory Tract Fistula drugs
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Additional references
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