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6. T71.9

T71.9 - Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause

• Applicable to Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause
• The 2025 edition of ICD10-CM T71.9 became effective on October 1, 2024.
• This is the American ICD10-CM version of T71.9 - other international versions of ICD10 T71.9 may differ.
• T71.9 is a Billable / Specific ICD10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• Suffocation (by strangulation) due to unspecified cause
• Suffocation NOS
• Systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air due to unspecified cause
• Systemic oxygen deficiency due to mechanical threat to breathing due to unspecified cause
• Traumatic asphyxia NOS

The following codes above T71.9 contain annotation back-references that may be applicable to T71.9:

• Chapter: S00-T88 - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
• Section: T66-T78 - Other and unspecified effects of external causes
• Category: T71 - Asphyxiation

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