T17.228⚠ Requires 7th Character

Food in pharynx causing other injury

⚠ 7th Character Required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T17

This code is not valid for billing without a 7th character. Append one of the following to T17.228:

Ainitial encounterT17.228ADsubsequent encounterT17.228DSsequelaT17.228S

Also Indexed As(ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index)

These clinical terms, synonyms, and manifestations all map to T17.228 in the official ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index.

Foreign body, pharynx, causing, injury NEC, food (bone) (seed)

Code Hierarchy

┌19Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)├T15-T19Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19)├T17Foreign body in respiratory tract
└T17.228Food in pharynx causing other injury

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