T71.193
T71.193: Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing due to other causes, assault
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T71.193 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing due to other causes, assault. 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 T71
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above T71.193
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on T71: Asphyxiation
Other codes that can never be billed with T71.193
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R09.0Asphyxia and hypoxemia
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation›traumatic›due to›mechanical threat to breathing›done with intent to harm by›another person
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead T71.193
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- T71.193AAsphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing due to other causes, assault, initial encounter
- T71.193DAsphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing due to other causes, assault, subsequent encounter
- T71.193SAsphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing due to other causes, assault, sequela