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T71 Asphyxiation

Non-Billable/Non-Specific

Applicable To

  • Mechanical suffocation
  • Traumatic suffocation

Type 1 Excludes

  • acute respiratory distress (syndrome) (J80)
  • anoxia due to high altitude (T70.2)
  • asphyxia NOS (R09.01)
  • asphyxia from carbon monoxide (T58.-)
  • asphyxia from inhalation of food or foreign body (T17.-)
  • asphyxia from other gases, fumes and vapors (T59.-)
  • respiratory distress (syndrome) in newborn (P22.-)

Codes

  • T71.1Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing
    • T71.11Asphyxiation due to smothering under pillow
    • T71.12Asphyxiation due to plastic bag
    • T71.13Asphyxiation due to being trapped in bed linens
    • T71.14Asphyxiation due to smothering under another person's body (in bed)
      • T71.141Asphyxiation due to smothering under another person's body (in bed), accidental
      • T71.143Asphyxiation due to smothering under another person's body (in bed), assault
      • T71.144Asphyxiation due to smothering under another person's body (in bed), undetermined
    • T71.15Asphyxiation due to smothering in furniture
    • T71.16Asphyxiation due to hanging
    • T71.19Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing due to other causes
      • T71.191Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing due to other causes, accidental
      • T71.192Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing due to other causes, intentional self-harm
      • T71.193Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing due to other causes, assault
      • T71.194Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing due to other causes, undetermined
  • T71.2Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air
    • T71.20Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air due to unspecified cause
    • T71.21Asphyxiation due to cave-in or falling earth
    • T71.22Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a car trunk
    • T71.23Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator
      • T71.231Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, accidental
      • T71.232Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, intentional self-harm
      • T71.233Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, assault
      • T71.234Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, undetermined
    • T71.29Asphyxiation due to being trapped in other low oxygen environment
  • T71.9Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause