T79.9

The ICD-10-CM code for unspecified early complication of trauma is T79.9. The full clinical description is "Unspecified early complication of trauma". T79.9 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code T79.9 represents “Unspecified early complication of trauma”. 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, T79.9 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 3 child codes under T79.9.

T79.9 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

T79.9 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: birth trauma (P10-P15); obstetric trauma (O70-O71).

T79.9 has 3 child codes, including: T79.9XXA (Unspecified early complication of trauma, initial encounter), T79.9XXD (Unspecified early complication of trauma, subs encntr), T79.9XXS (Unspecified early complication of trauma, sequela).

Yes, when using T79.9, also report: any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-).

T79.9 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0393388. 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 unspecified early complication of trauma 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.

T79.9 maps to the ICD-11 code: NF0A.Z (Early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified).