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ICD-10: T71

Asphyxiation

Clinical Information

Inclusion Terms

  • Mechanical suffocation
  • Traumatic suffocation

Coding Guidelines

Excludes 1

  • asphyxia from carbon monoxide (T58.-)
  • acute respiratory distress (syndrome) (J80)
  • asphyxia NOS (R09.01)
  • respiratory distress (syndrome) in newborn (P22.-)
  • anoxia due to high altitude (T70.2)
  • asphyxia from other gases, fumes and vapors (T59.-)
  • asphyxia from inhalation of food or foreign body (T17.-)

Subcategories

T71.9
Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause
T71.2
Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air
T71.1
Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing

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