T79.0⚠ Requires 7th Character

Air embolism (traumatic)

⚠ 7th Character Required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T79

This code is not valid for billing without a 7th character. Append one of the following to T79.0:

Ainitial encounterT79.0XXADsubsequent encounterT79.0XXDSsequelaT79.0XXS

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

These clinical terms, synonyms, and manifestations all map to T79.0 in the official ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index.

Air, embolism (artery) (cerebral) (any site)Air, embolism (artery) (cerebral) (any site), traumaticEmbolism (multiple) (paradoxical), air (any site) (traumatic)

✗ Excludes 1(Not coded here)

  • •air embolism complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)
  • •air embolism complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.0)
  • •air embolism following infusion, transfusion, and therapeutic injection (T80.0)
  • •air embolism following procedure NEC (T81.7-)

Code Hierarchy

┌19Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)├T79Certain early complications of trauma (T79)├T79Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified
└T79.0Air embolism (traumatic)

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