T18.1
T18.1 — Foreign body in esophagus
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T18.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for foreign body in esophagus. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T18
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- foreign body in respiratory tract (T17.-)
Risk adjustment
T18.1 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead T18.1
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T18. If T18.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about T18.1
- Is T18.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T18.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T18.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19).