Complete ICD-10-CM coding and documentation guide for icd-10 coding for choking episode includes clinical validation requirements, medical necessity guidelines, and coding policies.
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Essential facts and insights about ICD-10 Coding for Choking Episode
Use ICD-10 code T17.92XA for food in respiratory tract causing asphyxiation, initial encounter, ensuring proper documentation in clinical notes.
Additional codes that may be used with this diagnosis
Choking sensation
Use for symptoms without confirmed obstruction.
The ICD-10 code for a choking episode due to food in the respiratory tract is T17.92XA. Use this code when the choking is confirmed by imaging.
Use J69.0 for aspiration pneumonia when it develops as a complication of a choking episode, confirmed by imaging and clinical history.