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T70

Effects of air pressure and water pressure

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T70

• initial encounter
• subsequent encounter
• sequela

T70.0

Otitic barotrauma

• Aero-otitis media
• Effects of change in ambient atmospheric pressure or water pressure on ears

T70.1

Sinus barotrauma

• Aerosinusitis
• Effects of change in ambient atmospheric pressure on sinuses

T70.2

Other and unspecified effects of high altitude

• polycythemia due to high altitude (D75.1)

T70.20

Unspecified effects of high altitude

T70.29

Other effects of high altitude

• Alpine sickness
• Anoxia due to high altitude
• Barotrauma NOS
• Hypobaropathy
• Mountain sickness

T70.3

Caisson disease [decompression sickness]

• Compressed-air disease
• Diver's palsy or paralysis

T70.4

Effects of high-pressure fluids

• Hydraulic jet injection (industrial)
• Pneumatic jet injection (industrial)
• Traumatic jet injection (industrial)

T70.8

Other effects of air pressure and water pressure

T70.9

Effect of air pressure and water pressure, unspecified