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T79

Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified

• acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)
• complications occurring during or following medical procedures (T80-T88)
• complications of surgical and medical care NEC (T80-T88)
• newborn respiratory distress syndrome (P22.0)

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T79

• initial encounter
• subsequent encounter
• sequela

T79.0

Air embolism (traumatic)

• air embolism complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)
• air embolism complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.0)
• air embolism following infusion, transfusion, and therapeutic injection (T80.0)
• air embolism following procedure NEC (T81.7-)

T79.1

Fat embolism (traumatic)

• fat embolism complicating:
• abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)
• pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.8)

T79.2

Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma

T79.4

Traumatic shock

• anaphylactic shock due to adverse food reaction (T78.0-)
• anaphylactic shock due to correct medicinal substance properly administered (T88.6)
• anaphylactic shock due to serum (T80.5-)
• anaphylactic shock NOS (T78.2)
• anesthetic shock (T88.2)
• electric shock (T75.4)
• nontraumatic shock NEC (R57.-)
• obstetric shock (O75.1)
• postprocedural shock (T81.1-)
• septic shock (R65.21)
• shock complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.3)
• shock due to lightning (T75.01)
• shock NOS (R57.9)

• Shock (immediate) (delayed) following injury

T79.5

Traumatic anuria

• Crush syndrome
• Renal failure following crushing

T79.6

Traumatic ischemia of muscle

• anterior tibial syndrome (M76.8)
• compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
• nontraumatic ischemia of muscle (M62.2-)

• Traumatic rhabdomyolysis
• Volkmann's ischemic contracture

T79.7

Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema

• emphysema NOS (J43)
• emphysema (subcutaneous) resulting from a procedure (T81.82)

T79.A

Traumatic compartment syndrome

• fibromyalgia (M79.7)
• nontraumatic compartment syndrome (M79.A-)
• traumatic ischemic infarction of muscle (T79.6)

T79.A0

Compartment syndrome, unspecified

• Compartment syndrome NOS

T79.A1

Traumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity

• Traumatic compartment syndrome of shoulder, arm, forearm, wrist, hand, and fingers

T79.A11

Traumatic compartment syndrome of right upper extremity

T79.A12

Traumatic compartment syndrome of left upper extremity

T79.A19

Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified upper extremity

T79.A2

Traumatic compartment syndrome of lower extremity

• Traumatic compartment syndrome of hip, buttock, thigh, leg, foot, and toes

T79.A21

Traumatic compartment syndrome of right lower extremity

T79.A22

Traumatic compartment syndrome of left lower extremity

T79.A29

Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified lower extremity

T79.A3

Traumatic compartment syndrome of abdomen

T79.A9

Traumatic compartment syndrome of other sites

T79.8

Other early complications of trauma

T79.9

Unspecified early complication of trauma