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ICD-10 diagnosis code

T17.5 Foreign body in bronchus

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T17.5 is the ICD-10 code for Foreign body in bronchus. 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

T17.5 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

T17.5Främmande kropp i bronk

NorwayICD-10-NO

T17.5Fremmedlegeme i bronkie

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DT175Fremmedlegeme i bronkie

FinlandICD-10-FI

T17.5Keuhkoputken vierasesine

GermanyICD-10-GM

T17.5Fremdkörper im Bronchus

FranceICD-10-FR

T17.5Corps étranger dans les bronches

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

T17.5corpus alienum in bronchus

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • T17.500AUnspecified foreign body in bronchus causing asphyxiation, initial encounter
  • T17.500DUnspecified foreign body in bronchus causing asphyxiation, subsequent encounter
  • T17.500SUnspecified foreign body in bronchus causing asphyxiation, sequela
  • T17.508AUnspecified foreign body in bronchus causing other injury, initial encounter
  • T17.508DUnspecified foreign body in bronchus causing other injury, subsequent encounter
  • T17.508SUnspecified foreign body in bronchus causing other injury, sequela
  • T17.510AGastric contents in bronchus causing asphyxiation, initial encounter
  • T17.510DGastric contents in bronchus 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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