T70.9
T70.9: Effect of air pressure and water pressure, unspecified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T70.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for effect of air pressure and water pressure, unspecified. 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
- Effect, adverse›air pressure
- Effect, adverse›atmospheric pressure
- Effect, adverse›water pressure NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead T70.9
3 child codes. Green means billable.