kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

T78

Adverse effects, not elsewhere classified

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • T66-T78 Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)
      • T78 Adverse effects, not elsewhere classified
        • T78.0 Anaphylactic reaction due to food
        • T78.1 Other adverse food reactions, not elsewhere classified
        • T78.2 Anaphylactic shock, unspecified
        • T78.3 Angioneurotic edema
        • T78.4 Other and unspecified allergy
        • T78.8 Other adverse effects, not elsewhere classified

Notes

S00-T88

  • Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
  • The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Use Additional

S00-T88

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
    • Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Excludes 1

S00-T88

  • P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes 2

T78

  • complications of surgical and medical care NEC (T80-T88)
    • T80-T88 Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88)