T71.23

T71.23: Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T71.23 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator. 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 T71.23

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on T71: Asphyxiation

acute respiratory distress (syndrome) (J80)
anoxia due to high altitude (T70.2)
asphyxia NOS (R09.01)
asphyxia from carbon monoxide (T58.-)
asphyxia from inhalation of food or foreign body (T17.-)
asphyxia from other gases, fumes and vapors (T59.-)
respiratory distress (syndrome) in newborn (P22.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with T71.23

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.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead T71.23

4 child codes. Green means billable.