T79.6XXA
Billable

Traumatic ischemia of muscle (initial encounter)

Extension type: Initial encounter

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Inclusion Terms

2 items

•
Traumatic rhabdomyolysis
•
Volkmann's ischemic contracture

Excludes2

3 items

•
anterior tibial syndrome (M76.8)
•
compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
•
nontraumatic ischemia of muscle (M62.2-)

Billable Code

T79.6XXA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

traumatic rhabdomyolysis

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Traumatic Rhabdomyolysis

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.

Parent Codes Referenced:

S00-T88(Chapter 19)T79(Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified)T79.6(Traumatic ischemia of muscle)

Inclusion Terms

2 items

From T79.6:

•
Traumatic rhabdomyolysis
•
Volkmann's ischemic contracture

Excludes1

2 items

From S00-T88:

•
birth trauma (P10-P15)
•
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes2

7 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)

From T79.6:

•
anterior tibial syndrome (M76.8)
•
compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
•
nontraumatic ischemia of muscle (M62.2-)

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

T79.6XXA
Billable

Traumatic ischemia of muscle (initial encounter)

Inclusion Terms

Excludes2

Billable Code

Referenced in Diagnoses

Additional Information from Parent Codes

Parent Codes Referenced:

Inclusion Terms

From T79.6:

Excludes1

From S00-T88:

Excludes2

From T79:

From T79.6:

Use Additional Code

From S00-T88:

7th Character Notes

From T79:

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T79.6XXABillable

Traumatic ischemia of muscle (initial encounter)

Inclusion Terms

Excludes2

Billable Code

Referenced in Diagnoses

Additional Information from Parent Codes

Parent Codes Referenced:

Inclusion Terms

From T79.6:

Excludes1

From S00-T88:

Excludes2

From T79:

From T79.6:

Use Additional Code

From S00-T88:

7th Character Notes

From T79:

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T79.6XXA
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