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ICD-10 diagnosis code

T17.9 Foreign body in respiratory tract, part unspecified

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T17.9 is the ICD-10 code for Foreign body in respiratory tract, part unspecified. 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

T17.9 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

T17.9Främmande kropp i andningsvägarna med ospecificerad lokalisation

NorwayICD-10-NO

T17.9Fremmedlegeme i uspesifisert del av luftveier

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DT179Fremmedlegeme i luftvejene UNS

  • DT179AAsfyksi forårsaget af fremmedlegeme i luftvejene
FinlandICD-10-FI

T17.9Sijainniltaan määrittämätön hengityselinten vierasesine

GermanyICD-10-GM

T17.9Fremdkörper in den Atemwegen, Teil nicht näher bezeichnet

FranceICD-10-FR

T17.9Corps étranger dans les voies respiratoires, partie non précisée

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

T17.9corpus alienum in luchtwegen, deel niet-gespecificeerd

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • T17.900AUnspecified foreign body in respiratory tract, part unspecified causing asphyxiation, initial encounter
  • T17.900DUnspecified foreign body in respiratory tract, part unspecified causing asphyxiation, subsequent encounter
  • T17.900SUnspecified foreign body in respiratory tract, part unspecified causing asphyxiation, sequela
  • T17.908AUnspecified foreign body in respiratory tract, part unspecified causing other injury, initial encounter
  • T17.908DUnspecified foreign body in respiratory tract, part unspecified causing other injury, subsequent encounter
  • T17.908SUnspecified foreign body in respiratory tract, part unspecified causing other injury, sequela
  • T17.910AGastric contents in respiratory tract, part unspecified causing asphyxiation, initial encounter
  • T17.910DGastric contents in respiratory tract, part unspecified 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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