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T70.20XA - Unspecified effects of high altitude, initial encounter


The ICD 10 Code for Unspecified effects of high altitude, initial encounter is listed as T70.20XA.
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: T70.20XA
Description: Unspecified effects of high altitude, initial encounter
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
922 - Other Injury, Poisoning & Toxic Effect Diag W Mcc
923 - Other Injury, Poisoning & Toxic Effect Diag W/o Mcc
Chapter Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Block Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 993.2 - Other and unspecified effects of high altitude (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of T70.20XA:
T70.20XD - Unspecified effects of high altitude, subsequent encounter
T70.20XS - Unspecified effects of high altitude, sequela