T71.231
T71.231: Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, accidental
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T71.231 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, accidental. 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 T71.231
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on T71: Asphyxiation
Other codes that can never be billed with T71.231
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›low oxygen content of ambient air›due to›being trapped in›low oxygen environment›in refrigerator
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead T71.231
3 child codes. Green means billable.