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T79.6 - Traumatic ischemia of muscle


The ICD 10 Code for Traumatic ischemia of muscle is listed as T79.6.
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: T79.6
Description: Traumatic ischemia of muscle
  • Traumatic rhabdomyolysis
  • Volkmann's ischemic contracture
  • Excludes2: anterior tibial syndrome (M76.8)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
  • nontraumatic ischemia of muscle (M62.2-)
Chapter Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Block Certain early complications of trauma (T79)
Parent T79 - Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of T79.6:
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
T79.7 - Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema
T79.8 - Other early complications of trauma
T79.9 - Unspecified early complication of trauma
T79.A - Traumatic compartment syndrome