Certain early complications of trauma
22 codes in this section
About Section T79
Section T79 (T79-T79) covers certain early complications of trauma. It sits within the Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes chapter (S00-T88). This section contains 22 ICD-10-CM codes, 0 billable diagnoses you can submit on a claim, and 22 non-billable header codes used to organize the hierarchy.
Codes are organized below by 3-character root. Click the root to see all subcodes underneath it, or click any individual code for full coverage data, payer policies, and linked CPT procedures.
Codes in T79
Grouped by 3-character root code. Click any code for full detail.
| T79.0 | Air embolism (traumatic) | Header |
| T79.1 | Fat embolism (traumatic) | Header |
| T79.2 | Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma | Header |
| T79.4 | Traumatic shock | Header |
| T79.5 | Traumatic anuria | Header |
| T79.6 | Traumatic ischemia of muscle | Header |
| T79.7 | Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema | Header |
| T79.8 | Other early complications of trauma | Header |
| T79.9 | Unspecified early complication of trauma | Header |
| T79.A | Traumatic compartment syndrome | Header |
| T79.A0 | Compartment syndrome, unspecified | Header |
| T79.A1 | Traumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity | Header |
| T79.A11 | Traumatic compartment syndrome of right upper extremity | Header |
| T79.A12 | Traumatic compartment syndrome of left upper extremity | Header |
| T79.A19 | Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified upper extremity | Header |
| T79.A2 | Traumatic compartment syndrome of lower extremity | Header |
| T79.A21 | Traumatic compartment syndrome of right lower extremity | Header |
| T79.A22 | Traumatic compartment syndrome of left lower extremity | Header |
| T79.A29 | Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified lower extremity | Header |
| T79.A3 | Traumatic compartment syndrome of abdomen | Header |
| T79.A9 | Traumatic compartment syndrome of other sites | Header |
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