ICD-9 Code E912
Inhalation and ingestion of other object causing obstruction of respiratory tract or suffocation
Not Valid for Submission
E912 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of inhalation and ingestion of other object causing obstruction of respiratory tract or suffocation. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
| ICD-9: | E912 |
| Short Description: | Resp obstr-inhal obj NEC |
| Long Description: | Inhalation and ingestion of other object causing obstruction of respiratory tract or suffocation |
Convert E912 to ICD-10
The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
Code Classification
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External causes of injury (V)
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Accidents caused by submersion, suffocation, and foreign bodies (E910-E915)
- E912 Inhalation and ingestion of other object causing obstruction of respiratory tract or suffocation
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Accidents caused by submersion, suffocation, and foreign bodies (E910-E915)
Information for Medical Professionals
ICD-9 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.