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934.0 FOREIGN BODY IN TRACHEA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 934.0

Short Description: Foreign body in trachea

Long Description: Foreign body in trachea

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Effects of foreign body entering through orifice (930-939)
      • 934 Foreign body in trachea, bronchus, and lung
        • 934.0 Foreign body in trachea

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 934.0 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
      • trachea 934.0
    • mucus 933.1
      • trachea 934.0
  • Aspiration
    • mucus 933.1
      • into
        • trachea 934.0
  • Foreign body
    • entering through orifice (current) (old)
      • trachea 934.0
      • wind pipe 934.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 934.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
934.0 Right Arrow T17.400A Unsp foreign body in trachea causing asphyxiation, init
T17.408A Unsp foreign body in trachea causing oth injury, init encntr
T17.410A Gastric contents in trachea causing asphyxiation, init
T17.418A Gastric contents in trachea causing oth injury, init encntr
T17.420A Food in trachea causing asphyxiation, initial encounter
T17.428A Food in trachea causing other injury, initial encounter
T17.490A Oth foreign object in trachea causing asphyxiation, init
T17.498A Oth foreign object in trachea 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
934.1 Foreign body in main bronchus
934.8 Foreign body in other specified parts bronchus and lung
934.9 Foreign body in respiratory tree, unspecified

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

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