T79

The ICD-10-CM code for certain early complications of trauma, nec is T79. The full clinical description is "Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified". T79 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code T79 represents “Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified”. It is classified under Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, T79 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 10 child codes under T79.

T79 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

T79 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: birth trauma (P10-P15); obstetric trauma (O70-O71).

T79 has 10 child codes, including: T79.0 (Air embolism (traumatic)), T79.1 (Fat embolism (traumatic)), T79.2 (Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma), T79.4 (Traumatic shock), and 6 more.

Yes, when using T79, also report: any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-).

T79 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0496121. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like certain early complications of trauma, nec affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

T79 maps to the ICD-11 code: NF0A.Z (Early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified).