T17.420D✓ Billable
Food in trachea causing asphyxiation, subsequent encounter
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
└T17.420DFood in trachea causing asphyxiation, subsequent encounter
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