933.0 FOREIGN BODY IN PHARYNX


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 933.0

Short Description: Foreign body in pharynx

Long Description: Foreign body in pharynx

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Effects of foreign body entering through orifice (930-939)
      • 933 Foreign body in pharynx and larynx
        • 933.0 Foreign body in pharynx

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 933.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Asphyxia, asphyxiation (by) 799.01
    • food or foreign body (in larynx) 933.1
      • nasopharynx 933.0
      • pharynx 933.0
      • throat 933.0
    • mucus 933.1
      • pharynx 933.0
      • throat 933.0
  • Foreign body
    • entering through orifice (current) (old)
      • air passage (upper) 933.0
        • lower 934.8
      • hypopharynx 933.0
      • nasopharynx 933.0
      • pharynx 933.0
      • pyriform sinus 933.0
      • sinus 932
        • pyriform 933.0
      • swallowed 938
        • tongue 933.0
      • throat 933.0
      • tongue 935.0
        • swallowed 933.0
      • tonsil, tonsillar 933.0
        • fossa 933.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 933.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
933.0 Right Arrow T17.200A Unsp foreign body in pharynx causing asphyxiation, init
T17.208A Unsp foreign body in pharynx causing oth injury, init encntr
T17.210A Gastric contents in pharynx causing asphyxiation, init
T17.218A Gastric contents in pharynx causing oth injury, init encntr
T17.220A Food in pharynx causing asphyxiation, initial encounter
T17.228A Food in pharynx causing other injury, initial encounter
T17.290A Oth foreign object in pharynx causing asphyxiation, init
T17.298A Oth foreign object in pharynx causing oth injury, init
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
933.1 Foreign body in larynx


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014