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T79.6XXD
Billable

Traumatic ischemia of muscle (subsequent encounter)

Extension type: Subsequent 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

T79.6XXD 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.

Inclusion Terms

2 items

From T79.6:

  • Traumatic rhabdomyolysis
  • Volkmann's ischemic contracture

Excludes1

2 items

From S00-T88:

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
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