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T71.9 - Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause


The ICD 10 Code for Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause is listed as T71.9.
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: T71.9
Description: Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause
  • Suffocation (by strangulation) due to unspecified cause
  • Suffocation NOS
  • Systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air due to unspecified cause
  • Systemic oxygen deficiency due to mechanical threat to breathing due to unspecified cause
  • Traumatic asphyxia NOS
Chapter Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Block Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)
Parent T71 - Asphyxiation
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of T71.9:
T71.1 - Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing
T71.2 - Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air