T79.A - Traumatic compartment syndrome

The ICD 10 Code for Traumatic compartment syndrome is listed as T79.A.
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:	T79.A
Description:	Traumatic compartment syndrome Excludes1: fibromyalgia (M79.7) nontraumatic compartment syndrome (M79.A-) traumatic ischemic infarction of muscle (T79.6)

Chapter	Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Block	Certain early complications of trauma (T79)
Parent	T79 - Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of T79.A:
T79.A0 - Compartment syndrome, unspecified
T79.A1 - Traumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity
T79.A2 - Traumatic compartment syndrome of lower extremity
T79.A3 - Traumatic compartment syndrome of abdomen
T79.A9 - Traumatic compartment syndrome of other sites
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of T79.A:
T79.0 - Air embolism (traumatic)
T79.1 - Fat embolism (traumatic)
T79.2 - Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma
T79.4 - Traumatic shock
T79.5 - Traumatic anuria
T79.6 - Traumatic ischemia of muscle
T79.7 - Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema
T79.8 - Other early complications of trauma
T79.9 - Unspecified early complication of trauma