T17.420 - Food in trachea causing asphyxiation
The ICD 10 Code for Food in trachea causing asphyxiation is listed as T17.420.
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: | T17.420
|
| Description: | Food in trachea 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 | T17.42 - Food in trachea |
| ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of T17.420: | |
| T17.420A - Food in trachea causing asphyxiation, initial encounter | |
| T17.420D - Food in trachea causing asphyxiation, subsequent encounter | |
| T17.420S - Food in trachea causing asphyxiation, sequela | |
| ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of T17.420: | |
| T17.428 - Food in trachea causing other injury | |