T71.22
T71.22 — Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a car trunk
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T71.22 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for asphyxiation due to being trapped in a car trunk. 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
Risk adjustment
T71.22 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 T71.22
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T71.2. If T71.22 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T71.20Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air due to unspecified cause
- T71.21Asphyxiation due to cave-in or falling earth
- T71.23Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator
- T71.29Asphyxiation due to being trapped in other low oxygen environment
Questions about T71.22
- Is T71.22 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T71.22 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T71.22 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78).