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Certain early complications of trauma (T79)

ICD-10 code range T79 covers early complications of trauma that are not classified elsewhere. These codes help identify and track specific injuries like air embolism, fat embolism, traumatic shock, and various forms of compartment syndrome that arise soon after injury.

This range includes codes for conditions such as air embolism (T79.0), which is also known as venous or arterial air embolus, a dangerous complication sometimes following surgery or trauma. Fat embolism (T79.1) relates to fat particles blocking blood vessels, often after fractures, sometimes called pulmonary fat embolism syndrome. Traumatic shock (T79.4) covers shock caused directly by injury. The range also specifies traumatic anuria (T79.5), reflecting acute kidney failure from crush injuries, and traumatic ischemia of muscle (T79.6), including conditions like Volkmann contracture due to reduced blood flow after trauma. Notably, traumatic compartment syndrome (T79.A) is extensively coded by location and encounter type, representing increased pressure within muscle compartments after injury. Each code includes distinctions for initial, subsequent, or sequela encounters, aiding precise documentation of trauma-related complications.

  • Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00–T88)

    • Certain early complications of trauma (T79)

        • Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified (T79)

        • T79 Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified
        • T79.0 Air embolism (traumatic)
        • T79.0XXA Air embolism (traumatic), initial encounter
        • T79.0XXD Air embolism (traumatic), subsequent encounter
        • T79.0XXS Air embolism (traumatic), sequela
        • T79.1 Fat embolism (traumatic)
        • T79.1XXA Fat embolism (traumatic), initial encounter
        • T79.1XXD Fat embolism (traumatic), subsequent encounter
        • T79.1XXS Fat embolism (traumatic), sequela
        • T79.2 Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma
        • T79.2XXA Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma, initial encounter
        • T79.2XXD Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma, subsequent encounter
        • T79.2XXS Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma, sequela
        • T79.4 Traumatic shock
        • T79.4XXA Traumatic shock, initial encounter
        • T79.4XXD Traumatic shock, subsequent encounter
        • T79.4XXS Traumatic shock, sequela
        • T79.5 Traumatic anuria
        • T79.5XXA Traumatic anuria, initial encounter
        • T79.5XXD Traumatic anuria, subsequent encounter
        • T79.5XXS Traumatic anuria, sequela
        • T79.6 Traumatic ischemia of muscle
        • T79.6XXA Traumatic ischemia of muscle, initial encounter
        • T79.6XXD Traumatic ischemia of muscle, subsequent encounter
        • T79.6XXS Traumatic ischemia of muscle, sequela
        • T79.7 Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema
        • T79.7XXA Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema, initial encounter
        • T79.7XXD Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema, subsequent encounter
        • T79.7XXS Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema, sequela
        • T79.8 Other early complications of trauma
        • T79.8XXA Other early complications of trauma, initial encounter
        • T79.8XXD Other early complications of trauma, subsequent encounter
        • T79.8XXS Other early complications of trauma, sequela
        • T79.9 Unspecified early complication of trauma
        • T79.9XXA Unspecified early complication of trauma, initial encounter
        • T79.9XXD Unspecified early complication of trauma, subsequent encounter
        • T79.9XXS Unspecified early complication of trauma, sequela
        • T79.A Traumatic compartment syndrome
        • T79.A0 Compartment syndrome, unspecified
        • T79.A0XA Compartment syndrome, unspecified, initial encounter
        • T79.A0XD Compartment syndrome, unspecified, subsequent encounter
        • T79.A0XS Compartment syndrome, unspecified, sequela
        • T79.A1 Traumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity
        • T79.A11 Traumatic compartment syndrome of right upper extremity
        • T79.A11A Traumatic compartment syndrome of right upper extremity, initial encounter
        • T79.A11D Traumatic compartment syndrome of right upper extremity, subsequent encounter
        • T79.A11S Traumatic compartment syndrome of right upper extremity, sequela
        • T79.A12 Traumatic compartment syndrome of left upper extremity
        • T79.A12A Traumatic compartment syndrome of left upper extremity, initial encounter
        • T79.A12D Traumatic compartment syndrome of left upper extremity, subsequent encounter
        • T79.A12S Traumatic compartment syndrome of left upper extremity, sequela
        • T79.A19 Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified upper extremity
        • T79.A19A Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified upper extremity, initial encounter
        • T79.A19D Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified upper extremity, subsequent encounter
        • T79.A19S Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified upper extremity, sequela
        • T79.A2 Traumatic compartment syndrome of lower extremity
        • T79.A21 Traumatic compartment syndrome of right lower extremity
        • T79.A21A Traumatic compartment syndrome of right lower extremity, initial encounter
        • T79.A21D Traumatic compartment syndrome of right lower extremity, subsequent encounter
        • T79.A21S Traumatic compartment syndrome of right lower extremity, sequela
        • T79.A22 Traumatic compartment syndrome of left lower extremity
        • T79.A22A Traumatic compartment syndrome of left lower extremity, initial encounter
        • T79.A22D Traumatic compartment syndrome of left lower extremity, subsequent encounter
        • T79.A22S Traumatic compartment syndrome of left lower extremity, sequela
        • T79.A29 Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified lower extremity
        • T79.A29A Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified lower extremity, initial encounter
        • T79.A29D Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified lower extremity, subsequent encounter
        • T79.A29S Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified lower extremity, sequela
        • T79.A3 Traumatic compartment syndrome of abdomen
        • T79.A3XA Traumatic compartment syndrome of abdomen, initial encounter
        • T79.A3XD Traumatic compartment syndrome of abdomen, subsequent encounter
        • T79.A3XS Traumatic compartment syndrome of abdomen, sequela
        • T79.A9 Traumatic compartment syndrome of other sites
        • T79.A9XA Traumatic compartment syndrome of other sites, initial encounter
        • T79.A9XD Traumatic compartment syndrome of other sites, subsequent encounter
        • T79.A9XS Traumatic compartment syndrome of other sites, sequela