ICD-10-CM category
T18 Foreign body in alimentary tract
T18 is a category, not a billable code. Report one of the 45 complete codes below.
T18.0…
3 codes
T18.1…
24 codes
- T18.100AUnspecified foreign body in esophagus causing compression of trachea, initial encounter
- T18.100DUnspecified foreign body in esophagus causing compression of trachea, subsequent encounter
- T18.100SUnspecified foreign body in esophagus causing compression of trachea, sequela
- T18.108AUnspecified foreign body in esophagus causing other injury, initial encounter
- T18.108DUnspecified foreign body in esophagus causing other injury, subsequent encounter
- T18.108SUnspecified foreign body in esophagus causing other injury, sequela
- T18.110AGastric contents in esophagus causing compression of trachea, initial encounter
- T18.110DGastric contents in esophagus causing compression of trachea, subsequent encounter
- T18.110SGastric contents in esophagus causing compression of trachea, sequela
- T18.118AGastric contents in esophagus causing other injury, initial encounter
- T18.118DGastric contents in esophagus causing other injury, subsequent encounter
- T18.118SGastric contents in esophagus causing other injury, sequela
- T18.120AFood in esophagus causing compression of trachea, initial encounter
- T18.120DFood in esophagus causing compression of trachea, subsequent encounter
- T18.120SFood in esophagus causing compression of trachea, sequela
- T18.128AFood in esophagus causing other injury, initial encounter
- T18.128DFood in esophagus causing other injury, subsequent encounter
- T18.128SFood in esophagus causing other injury, sequela
- T18.190AOther foreign object in esophagus causing compression of trachea, initial encounter
- T18.190DOther foreign object in esophagus causing compression of trachea, subsequent encounter
- T18.190SOther foreign object in esophagus causing compression of trachea, sequela
- T18.198AOther foreign object in esophagus causing other injury, initial encounter
- T18.198DOther foreign object in esophagus causing other injury, subsequent encounter
- T18.198SOther foreign object in esophagus causing other injury, sequela
T18.2…
3 codes
T18.3…
3 codes
T18.4…
3 codes
T18.5…
3 codes
T18.8…
3 codes
T18.9…
3 codes
Outside the US? T18 in the international WHO ICD-10 lists its inclusion and exclusion notes.
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ICD-10-CM is developed by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and is based on the WHO ICD-10. Codes and titles are reproduced unchanged from the FY2026 code list (effective 1 October 2025). Their use here does not imply endorsement by CDC, HHS or the U.S. Government. Changes effective on or after 1 October 2026 may not be reflected yet; check the current release at cdc.gov or cms.gov before submitting claims.
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