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ICD-10 diagnosis code

T17.2 Foreign body in pharynx

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T17.2 is the ICD-10 code for Foreign body in pharynx. It is a four-character subcategory of T17 (Foreign body in respiratory tract), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block T15–T19 (Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice) in Chapter XIX, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
XIX · S00–T98
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What T17.2 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Nasopharynx
  • Throat NOS

T17.2 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

T17.2Främmande kropp i svalget

NorwayICD-10-NO

T17.2Fremmedlegeme i svelg

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DT172Fremmedlegeme i svælget

FinlandICD-10-FI

T17.2Nielun vierasesine

GermanyICD-10-GM

T17.2Fremdkörper im Rachen

FranceICD-10-FR

T17.2Corps étranger dans le pharynx

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

T17.2corpus alienum in farynx

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • T17.200AUnspecified foreign body in pharynx causing asphyxiation, initial encounter
  • T17.200DUnspecified foreign body in pharynx causing asphyxiation, subsequent encounter
  • T17.200SUnspecified foreign body in pharynx causing asphyxiation, sequela
  • T17.208AUnspecified foreign body in pharynx causing other injury, initial encounter
  • T17.208DUnspecified foreign body in pharynx causing other injury, subsequent encounter
  • T17.208SUnspecified foreign body in pharynx causing other injury, sequela
  • T17.210AGastric contents in pharynx causing asphyxiation, initial encounter
  • T17.210DGastric contents in pharynx causing asphyxiation, subsequent encounter
  • and 16 more national subcodes

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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