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994.7 ASPHYXIATION/STRANGULAT


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 994.7

Short Description: Asphyxiation/strangulat

Long Description: Asphyxiation and strangulation

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Other and unspecified effects of external causes (990-995)
      • 994 Effects of other external causes
        • 994.7 Asphyxiation/strangulat

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 994.7 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Asphyxia, asphyxiation (by) 799.01
    • bedclothes 994.7
    • bunny bag 994.7
    • cave-in 994.7
      • crushing - see Injury, internal, intrathoracic organs
    • constriction 994.7
    • gravitational changes 994.7
    • hanging 994.7
    • mechanical 994.7
      • during birth (see also Distress, fetal) 768.9
    • plastic bag 994.7
    • postnatal (see also Asphyxia, newborn) 768.9
      • mechanical 994.7
    • pressure 994.7
    • strangulation 994.7
  • Bedclothes, asphyxiation or suffocation by 994.7
  • Cave-in, injury
    • suffocation 994.7
  • Constriction
    • asphyxiation or suffocation by 994.7
  • Effect, adverse NEC
    • strangulation 994.7
  • Hanging (asphyxia) (strangulation) (suffocation) 994.7
  • Overlaid, overlying (suffocation) 994.7
  • Strangulation, strangulated 994.7
    • appendix 543.9
    • asphyxiation or suffocation by 994.7
    • bladder neck 596.0
    • bowel - see Strangulation, intestine
    • colon - see Strangulation, intestine
    • cord (umbilical) - see Compression, umbilical cord
    • due to birth injury 767.8
    • food or foreign body (see also Asphyxia, food) 933.1
    • hemorrhoids 455.8
      • external 455.5
      • internal 455.2
    • hernia - see also Hernia, by site with obstruction
      • gangrenous - see Hernia, by site, with gangrene
    • intestine (large) (small) 560.2
      • with hernia - see also Hernia, by site, with obstruction
        • gangrenous - see Hernia, by site, with gangrene
      • congenital (small) 751.1
        • large 751.2
    • mesentery 560.2
    • mucus (see also Asphyxia, mucus) 933.1
      • newborn 770.18
    • omentum 560.2
    • organ or site, congenital NEC - see Atresia
    • ovary 620.8
      • due to hernia 620.4
    • penis 607.89
      • foreign body 939.3
    • rupture (see also Hernia, by site, with obstruction) 552.9
      • gangrenous (see also Hernia, by site, with gangrene) 551.9
    • stomach, due to hernia (see also Hernia, by site, with obstruction 552.9
      • with gangrene (see also Hernia, by site, with gangrene) 551.9
    • umbilical cord - see Compression, umbilical cord
    • vesicourethral orifice 596.0
  • Suffocation (see also Asphyxia) 799.01
    • by
      • bed clothes 994.7
      • bunny bag 994.7
      • cave-in 994.7
      • constriction 994.7
      • overlying 994.7
      • plastic bag 994.7
      • pressure 994.7
      • strangulation 994.7
    • mechanical 994.7

Crosswalk Information

The code 994.7 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
994.7 Right Arrow T71.111A Asphyx due to smothering under pillow, accidental, init
T71.112A Asphyxiation due to smothering under pillow, self-harm, init
T71.113A Asphyxiation due to smothering under pillow, assault, init
T71.114A Asphyx due to smothering under pillow, undetermined, init
T71.121A Asphyxiation due to plastic bag, accidental, init encntr
T71.122A Asphyxiation due to plastic bag, intentional self-harm, init
T71.123A Asphyxiation due to plastic bag, assault, initial encounter
T71.124A Asphyxiation due to plastic bag, undetermined, init encntr
T71.131A Asphyx due to being trapped in bed linens, accidental, init
T71.132A Asphyx due to being trapped in bed linens, self-harm, init
T71.133A Asphyx due to being trapped in bed linens, assault, init
T71.134A Asphyx due to being trapped in bed linens, undet, init
T71.141A Asphyx due to smothr under another person's body, acc, init
T71.143A Asphyx d/t smothr under another person's body, asslt, init
T71.144A Asphyx d/t smothr under another person's body, undet, init
T71.151A Asphyx due to smothering in furniture, accidental, init
T71.152A Asphyxiation due to smothering in furniture, self-harm, init
T71.153A Asphyxiation due to smothering in furniture, assault, init
T71.154A Asphyx due to smothering in furniture, undetermined, init
T71.161A Asphyxiation due to hanging, accidental, initial encounter
T71.162A Asphyxiation due to hanging, intentional self-harm, init
T71.163A Asphyxiation due to hanging, assault, initial encounter
T71.164A Asphyxiation due to hanging, undetermined, initial encounter
T71.191A Asphyx d/t mech threat to breathe d/t oth cause, acc, init
T71.192A Asphyx d/t mech thrt to breathe d/t oth cause, slf-hrm, init
T71.193A Asphyx d/t mech threat to breathe d/t oth cause, asslt, init
T71.194A Asphyx d/t mech threat to breathe d/t oth cause, undet, init
T71.20XA Asphyx d/t sys oxy defic d/t low oxy in air unsp cause, init
T71.21XA Asphyxiation due to cave-in or falling earth, init encntr
T71.221A Asphyx due to being trapped in a car trunk, accidental, init
T71.222A Asphyx due to being trapped in a car trunk, self-harm, init
T71.223A Asphyx due to being trapped in a car trunk, assault, init
T71.224A Asphyx due to being trapped in a car trunk, undet, init
T71.231A Asphyx due to being trap in a (discarded) refrig, acc, init
T71.232A Asphyx d/t being trap in a (discarded) refrig, slf-hrm, init
T71.233A Asphyx d/t being trap in a (discarded) refrig, asslt, init
T71.234A Asphyx d/t being trap in a (discarded) refrig, undet, init
T71.29XA Asphyx due to being trap in oth low oxygen environment, init
T71.9XXA Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause, initial encounter
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
994.0 Effects of lightning
994.1 Drowning and nonfatal submersion
994.2 Effects of hunger
994.3 Effects of thirst
994.4 Exhaustion due to exposure
994.5 Exhaustion due to excessive exertion
994.6 Motion sickness
994.8 Electrocution and nonfatal effects of electric current
994.9 Other effects of external causes

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

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