T71.2 - Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air

The ICD 10 Code for Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air is listed as T71.2.
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:	T71.2
Description:	Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air Suffocation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air

Chapter	Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Block	Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)
Parent	T71 - Asphyxiation
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of T71.2:
T71.20 - Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air due to unspecified cause
T71.21 - Asphyxiation due to cave-in or falling earth
T71.22 - Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a car trunk
T71.23 - Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator
T71.29 - Asphyxiation due to being trapped in other low oxygen environment
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of T71.2:
T71.1 - Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing
T71.9 - Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause