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T79.0

Non-Billable (Header)

Air embolism (traumatic)

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • air embolism complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)
  • air embolism complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.0)
  • air embolism following infusion, transfusion, and therapeutic injection (T80.0)
  • air embolism following procedure NEC (T81.7-)

Code Hierarchy

└T79Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified└T79.0Air embolism (traumatic)
└T79.0Air embolism (traumatic)

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