Kodex

Code

T79.A19S

sequela

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Hierarchy

S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- T79 Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified
  - T79.A Traumatic compartment syndrome
    - T79.A1 Traumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity
      - T79.A19 Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified upper extremity
        
        T79.A19A initial encounter
        
        T79.A19D subsequent encounter
        
        T79.A19S sequela

Long Title

T79.A19S

Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified upper extremity sequela

Notes

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.

Inclusion Terms

Traumatic compartment syndrome of shoulder, arm, forearm, wrist, hand, and fingers

Use Additional

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

Excludes 1

M79.7 Fibromyalgia
M79.A Nontraumatic compartment syndrome

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

Excludes 2

traumatic ischemic infarction of muscle (T79.6)
- T79.6 Traumatic ischemia of muscle

J80 Acute respiratory distress syndrome
complications occurring during or following medical procedures (T80-T88)
- T80-T88 Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88)
complications of surgical and medical care NEC (T80-T88)
- T80-T88 Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88)
newborn respiratory distress syndrome (P22.0)
- P22.0 Respiratory distress syndrome of newborn