T71.9 - Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause
- Applicable to Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause
- The 2025 edition of ICD10-CM T71.9 became effective on October 1, 2024.
- This is the American ICD10-CM version of T71.9 - other international versions of ICD10 T71.9 may differ.
- T71.9 is a Billable / Specific ICD10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Inclusion Term
- 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
The following codes above T71.9 contain annotation back-references that may be applicable to T71.9:
Chapter: S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Section: T66-T78 Other and unspecified effects of external causes
Category: T71 Asphyxiation
Billable/Specific Code
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