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T71 - Asphyxiation


The ICD 10 Code for Asphyxiation is listed as T71.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: T71
Description: Asphyxiation
  • Mechanical suffocation
  • Traumatic suffocation
  • Excludes1: acute respiratory distress (syndrome) (J80)
  • anoxia due to high altitude (T70.2)
  • asphyxia NOS (R09.01)
  • asphyxia from carbon monoxide (T58.-)
  • asphyxia from inhalation of food or foreign body (T17.-)
  • asphyxia from other gases, fumes and vapors (T59.-)
  • respiratory distress (syndrome) in newborn (P22.-)
  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T71
  • A - initial encounter
  • D - subsequent encounter
  • S - sequela
Chapter Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of T71:
T71.1 - Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing
T71.2 - Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air
T71.9 - Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause