T79.1

Non-Billable (Header)

Fat embolism (traumatic)

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

fat embolism complicating:
abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)
pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.8)

Code Hierarchy

└T79Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified └T79.1Fat embolism (traumatic)

└T79.1Fat embolism (traumatic)

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