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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

T18.12

Food in esophagus

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where T18.12 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. T18 Foreign body in alimentary tract
  2. T18.1 Parent Foreign body in esophagus
  3. T18.12 This code Food in esophagus

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Inclusion Terms

Bones in esophagus

Inclusion Terms

Seeds in esophagus

Excludes2

foreign body in respiratory tract ( T17 .-)

Inherited from T18.1 — Foreign body in esophagus

Excludes2

foreign body in pharynx ( T17.2- )

Inherited from T18 — Foreign body in alimentary tract

7th Character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T18

Inherited from T18 — Foreign body in alimentary tract

7th Character

A - initial encounter

Inherited from T18 — Foreign body in alimentary tract

7th Character

D - subsequent encounter

Inherited from T18 — Foreign body in alimentary tract

7th Character

S - sequela

Inherited from T18 — Foreign body in alimentary tract

More Specific Codes

2 codes under T18.12

Version History

How T18.12 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Food in esophagus

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Food in esophagus

Related Codes

Other codes under T18.1

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)

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