T79
Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 6 never code together
T79code
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 3
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 filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Subordinate codes 10
T79.0 Air embolism (traumatic) T79.1 Fat embolism (traumatic) T79.2 Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma T79.4 Traumatic shock T79.5 Traumatic anuria T79.6 Traumatic ischemia of muscle T79.7 Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema T79.A Traumatic compartment syndrome T79.8 Other early complications of trauma T79.9 Unspecified early complication of trauma
Additional references
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