T18.110 — Gastric contents in esophagus causing compression of trachea
T18.110 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for gastric contents in esophagus causing compression of trachea. 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Gastric contents in esophagus causing obstruction of respiration
Risk adjustment
T18.110 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.
How T18.110 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to T18.110.
- Foreign body›esophagus›causing›tracheal compression›gastric contents(vomitus)
Code to one of these instead T18.110
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T18.11. If T18.110 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about T18.110
- Is T18.110 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T18.110 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T18.110 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).