ICD-10-CM code "T79": Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified (2024)

Excludes

1. Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

   Type 1birth trauma (P10-P15)

   Type 1obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

2. Certain early complications of trauma (T79)
3. Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified (T79)

   Type 2acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)

   Type 2complications occurring during or following medical procedures (T80-T88)

   Type 2complications of surgical and medical care NEC (T80-T88)

   Type 2newborn respiratory distress syndrome (P22.0)

Includes

1. Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
2. Certain early complications of trauma (T79)
3. Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified (T79)

Subcategories

• Air embolism (traumatic) (T79.0)
• Fat embolism (traumatic) (T79.1)
• Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma (T79.2)
• Traumatic shock (T79.4)
• Traumatic anuria (T79.5)
• Traumatic ischemia of muscle (T79.6)
• Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema (T79.7)
• Traumatic compartment syndrome (T79.A)
• Other early complications of trauma (T79.8)
• Unspecified early complication of trauma (T79.9)