ICD-10-CM Codes Browse (Tabular) Diagnostic External Drug Neoplasm

T79.1 – Fat embolism (traumatic)

Coding Notes

Active

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

Type 1 Excludes

fat embolism complicating:

abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)

pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.8)

Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

Embolism (multiple) (paradoxical) I74.9

fat (cerebral) (pulmonary) (systemic) T79.1

Sibling Codes

T79.0

Air embolism (traumatic)

T79.2

Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma

T79.4

Traumatic shock

T79.5

Traumatic anuria

T79.6

Traumatic ischemia of muscle

T79.7

Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema

T79.8

Other early complications of trauma

T79.9

Unspecified early complication of trauma

T79.A

Traumatic compartment syndrome

Parent Sibling Codes

T70

Effects of air pressure and water pressure

T71

T73

Effects of other deprivation

T74

Adult and child abuse, neglect and other maltreatment, confirmed

T75

Other and unspecified effects of other external causes

T76

Adult and child abuse, neglect and other maltreatment, suspected

T78

Adverse effects, not elsewhere classified

T79

Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified

View in Tabular

Code	Title
S00-T88	Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
T79-T79	Certain early complications of trauma (T79)
T79	Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified
T79.1	Fat embolism (traumatic) Type 1 Excludes fat embolism complicating: abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2) pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.8)