T79
Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files.
Excludes2
acute respiratory distress syndrome ( J80 )
Excludes2
complications occurring during or following medical procedures (T80-T88)
Excludes2
complications of surgical and medical care NEC (T80-T88)
Excludes2
newborn respiratory distress syndrome ( P22.0 )
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T79
7th Character
A - initial encounter
7th Character
D - subsequent encounter
7th Character
S - sequela
More Specific Codes
10 codes under T79
- T79.0 Air embolism (traumatic) Has subcodes
- T79.1 Fat embolism (traumatic) Has subcodes
- T79.2 Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma Has subcodes
- T79.4 Traumatic shock Has subcodes
- T79.5 Traumatic anuria Has subcodes
- T79.6 Traumatic ischemia of muscle Has subcodes
- T79.7 Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema Has subcodes
- T79.A Traumatic compartment syndrome Has subcodes
- T79.8 Other early complications of trauma Has subcodes
- T79.9 Unspecified early complication of trauma Has subcodes
Version History
How T79 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentCertain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedCertain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified
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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