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T71.9 Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause

Non-Billable/Non-Specific

Applicable To

  • Suffocation (by strangulation) due to unspecified cause
  • Suffocation NOS
  • Systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air due to unspecified cause
  • Systemic oxygen deficiency due to mechanical threat to breathing due to unspecified cause
  • Traumatic asphyxia NOS

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