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T79.1XXA
Billable

Fat embolism (traumatic) (initial encounter)

Extension type: Initial encounter
Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Excludes1

3 items
  • fat embolism complicating:
  • abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)
  • pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.8)

Billable Code

T79.1XXA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Excludes1

5 items

From S00-T88:

From T79.1:

  • fat embolism complicating:
  • abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)
  • pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.8)

Excludes2

4 items

From T79:

  • acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)
  • complications occurring during or following medical procedures (T80-T88)
  • complications of surgical and medical care NEC (T80-T88)
  • newborn respiratory distress syndrome (P22.0)

Use Additional Code

1 item

From S00-T88:

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

7th Character Notes

4 items

From T79:

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T79
  • A: initial encounter
  • D: subsequent encounter
  • S: sequela
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