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T18 – Foreign body in alimentary tract

Overview

Coding Notes

Active
Non-billable / Non-specific, not valid for HIPAA-covered transactions

Tyoe 2 Excludes

foreign body in pharynx (T17.2-)

Back Reference of External Causes

Asphyxia, asphyxiation
by
food (bone) (seed) See categories T17 and T18
Aspiration
food (any type) (into respiratory tract) (with asphyxia, obstruction respiratory tract, suffocation) See categories T17 and T18
Bean in nose See categories T17 and T18
Choked, choking (on) (any object except food or vomitus)
food (bone) (seed) See categories T17 and T18
Compression
trachea by
food (lodged in esophagus) See categories T17 and T18
Food in (any type)
air passages (with asphyxia, obstruction, or suffocation) See categories T17 and T18
alimentary tract causing asphyxia (due to compression of trachea) See categories T17 and T18
Inhalation
food (any type) (into respiratory tract) (with asphyxia, obstruction respiratory tract, suffocation) See categories T17 and T18
Interruption of respiration (by)
food (lodged in esophagus) See categories T17 and T18
Suffocation (accidental) (by external means) (by pressure) (mechanical) See also category T71
due to, by
food, any type (aspiration) (ingestion) (inhalation) See categories T17 and T18

Child Codes

Foreign body in mouth
Foreign body in esophagus
Foreign body in stomach
Foreign body in small intestine
Foreign body in colon
Foreign body in anus and rectum
Foreign body in other parts of alimentary tract
Foreign body of alimentary tract, part unspecified

Sibling Codes

Injury of unspecified body region
Foreign body on external eye
Foreign body in ear
Foreign body in respiratory tract
Foreign body in genitourinary tract

View in Tabular

Code Title
S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
T15-T19 Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19)
T18 Foreign body in alimentary tract
Type 2 Excludes
foreign body in pharynx (T17.2-)

T18.0 Foreign body in mouth
T18.1 Foreign body in esophagus
T18.10 Unspecified foreign body in esophagus
T18.100 Unspecified foreign body in esophagus causing compression of trachea
T18.108 Unspecified foreign body in esophagus causing other injury
T18.11 Gastric contents in esophagus
T18.110 Gastric contents in esophagus causing compression of trachea
T18.118 Gastric contents in esophagus causing other injury
T18.12 Food in esophagus
T18.120 Food in esophagus causing compression of trachea
T18.128 Food in esophagus causing other injury
T18.19 Other foreign object in esophagus
T18.190 Other foreign object in esophagus causing compression of trachea
T18.198 Other foreign object in esophagus causing other injury
T18.2 Foreign body in stomach
T18.3 Foreign body in small intestine
T18.4 Foreign body in colon
T18.5 Foreign body in anus and rectum
T18.8 Foreign body in other parts of alimentary tract
T18.9 Foreign body of alimentary tract, part unspecified