Foreign body in alimentary tract - T18
Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.
Type 2 Excludes:
- foreign body in pharynx (T17.2-)
The seventh character in ICD-10-CM is an essential component that adds specificity to diagnosis codes by indicating aspects like the encounter type, stage, or other relevant clinical details.
Category SevenChr Note:
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T18
These ranges represents subcategories of Foreign body in alimentary tract. The "T18" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- T18.0 - Foreign body in mouth
- T18.1 - Foreign body in esophagus
- T18.10 - Unspecified foreign body in esophagus
- T18.100 - Unspecified foreign body in esophagus causing compression of trachea
- T18.108 - Unspecified foreign body in esophagus causing other injury
- T18.11 - Gastric contents in esophagus
- T18.110 - Gastric contents in esophagus causing compression of trachea
- T18.118 - Gastric contents in esophagus causing other injury
- T18.12 - Food in esophagus
- T18.120 - Food in esophagus causing compression of trachea
- T18.128 - Food in esophagus causing other injury
- T18.19 - Other foreign object in esophagus
- T18.190 - Other foreign object in esophagus causing compression of trachea
- T18.198 - Other foreign object in esophagus causing other injury
- T18.2 - Foreign body in stomach
- T18.3 - Foreign body in small intestine
- T18.4 - Foreign body in colon
- T18.5 - Foreign body in anus and rectum
- T18.8 - Foreign body in other parts of alimentary tract
- T18.9 - Foreign body of alimentary tract, part unspecified