934.9 FB RESPIRATORY TREE NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 934.9

Short Description: FB respiratory tree NOS

Long Description: Foreign body in respiratory tree, unspecified

Code Classification:

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

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 934.9 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
      • respiratory tract 934.9
        • specified part NEC 934.8
    • mucus 933.1
      • respiratory tract 934.9
        • specified part NEC 934.8
  • Aspiration
    • mucus 933.1
      • into
        • respiratory tract 934.9
          • specified part NEC 934.8
  • Foreign body
    • entering through orifice (current) (old)
      • respiratory tract 934.9
        • specified part NEC 934.8
    • respiratory tree 934.9
      • specified site NEC 934.8
  • Inhalation
    • liquid or vomitus (see also Asphyxia, food or foreign body) 933.1
      • lower respiratory tract NEC 934.9
  • Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
    • airway NEC 519.8
      • due to
        • foreign body 934.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 934.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
934.9 Right Arrow T17.900A Unsp fb in resp tract, part unsp causing asphyx, init
T17.908A Unsp fb in resp tract, part unsp causing oth injury, init
T17.910A Gastric contents in resp tract, part unsp cause asphyx, init
T17.918A Gastr contents in resp tract, part unsp cause oth inj, init
T17.920A Food in resp tract, part unsp causing asphyxiation, init
T17.928A Food in resp tract, part unsp causing oth injury, init
T17.990A Oth forn obj in resp tract, part unsp in cause asphyx, init
T17.998A Oth forn object in resp tract, part unsp cause oth inj, 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
934.0 Foreign body in trachea
934.1 Foreign body in main bronchus
934.8 Foreign body in other specified parts bronchus and lung


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