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938 FOREIGN BODY GI NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 938

Short Description: Foreign body GI NOS

Long Description: Foreign body in digestive system, unspecified

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Effects of foreign body entering through orifice (930-939)
      • 938 Foreign body in digestive system, unspecified
        • 938 Foreign body GI NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 938 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Astrocytoma (cystic) (M9400/3)
    • subependymal (M9383/1) 237.5
      • giant cell (M9384/1) 237.5
  • Ball
    • food 938
    • hair 938
  • Bezoar 938
    • intestine 936
    • stomach 935.2
  • Foreign body
    • entering through orifice (current) (old)
      • alimentary canal 938
      • digestive organ or tract NEC 938
      • gastrointestinal tract 938
      • swallowed 938
        • tongue 933.0
    • ingestion, ingested NEC 938
    • swallowed NEC 938
  • Glioma (malignant) (M9380/3)
    • astrocytic (M9400/3)
      • specified site - see Neoplasm, by site, malignant
      • unspecified site 191.9
    • mixed (M9382/3)
      • specified site - see Neoplasm, by site, malignant
      • unspecified site 191.9
    • nose 748.1
    • specified site NEC - see Neoplasm, by site, malignant
    • subependymal (M9383/1) 237.5
    • unspecified site 191.9
  • Gliomatosis cerebri (M9381/3) 191.0
  • Gliosarcoma (M9380/3)
    • specified site - see Neoplasm, by site, malignant
    • unspecified site 191.9
  • Ingestion
    • foreign body NEC (see also Foreign body) 938
  • Oligoastrocytoma, mixed (M9382/3)
    • specified site - see Neoplasm, by site, malignant
    • unspecified site 191.9
  • Phytobezoar 938
    • intestine 936
    • stomach 935.2
  • Subependymoma (M9383/1) 237.5
  • Swallowed, swallowing
    • foreign body NEC (see also Foreign body) 938
  • Trichobezoar 938
    • intestine 936
    • stomach 935.2
  • Trichophytobezoar 938
    • intestine 936
    • stomach 935.2

Crosswalk Information

The code 938 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
938 Right Arrow T18.8XXA Foreign body in other parts of alimentary tract, init encntr
T18.9XXA Foreign body of alimentary tract, part unsp, init encntr
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.

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

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