T76.11
Adult physical abuse, suspected
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 8 never code together
T76code
Excludes1
- adult and child maltreatment, confirmed (T74.-)T74.-
- suspected abuse and maltreatment in pregnancy (O9A.3-, O9A.4-, O9A.5-)O9A.3-O9A.4-O9A.5-
- suspected adult physical abuse, ruled out (Z04.71)Z04.71
- suspected adult sexual abuse, ruled out (Z04.41)Z04.41
- suspected child physical abuse, ruled out (Z04.72)Z04.72
- suspected child sexual abuse, ruled out (Z04.42)Z04.42
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 4
T76code
Use additional code
- code, if applicable, to identify any associated current injury
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 1
- Maltreatment
- adult
- physical abuse
- suspected T76.11
- physical abuse
- adult
Alongside this code 1 same parent — T76.1
Additional references
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