T70.8
T70.8: Other effects of air pressure and water pressure
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T70.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other effects of air pressure and water pressure. 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 T70
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Blast›injury›syndrome NEC
- Effect, adverse›air pressure›specified NEC
- Effect, adverse›atmospheric pressure›due to explosion
- Effect, adverse›atmospheric pressure›specified effect NEC
- Effect, adverse›water pressure NEC›specified NEC
- Injury›blast NEC›generalized
- Injury›blast NEC›multiple body organs
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead T70.8
3 child codes. Green means billable.