T17.220 - Food in pharynx causing asphyxiation
The ICD 10 Code for Food in pharynx causing asphyxiation is listed as T17.220.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.
| ICD 10 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | T17.220
|
| Description: | Food in pharynx causing asphyxiation |
| Chapter | Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) |
| Block | Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19) |
| Parent | T17.22 - Food in pharynx |
| ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of T17.220: | |
| T17.220A - Food in pharynx causing asphyxiation, initial encounter | |
| T17.220D - Food in pharynx causing asphyxiation, subsequent encounter | |
| T17.220S - Food in pharynx causing asphyxiation, sequela | |
| ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of T17.220: | |
| T17.228 - Food in pharynx causing other injury | |