POA Exempt: Certain early complications of trauma (T79) ICD-10-CM
The 36 ICD-10-CM codes in this range are exempt from Present on Admission reporting for fiscal year 2026. Hospitals assign no POA indicator for them on inpatient claims: the codes describe circumstances, such as pre-existing conditions or the cause of an injury, where asking whether the condition was present at admission adds no information.
Exempt Codes in This Range 36 codes · 1 category
T79 Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified36 codes
- T79.0XXD Air embolism (traumatic), subsequent encounter
- T79.0XXS Air embolism (traumatic), sequela
- T79.1XXD Fat embolism (traumatic), subsequent encounter
- T79.1XXS Fat embolism (traumatic), sequela
- T79.2XXD Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma, subsequent encounter
- T79.2XXS Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma, sequela
- T79.4XXD Traumatic shock, subsequent encounter
- T79.4XXS Traumatic shock, sequela
- T79.5XXD Traumatic anuria, subsequent encounter
- T79.5XXS Traumatic anuria, sequela
- T79.6XXD Traumatic ischemia of muscle, subsequent encounter
- T79.6XXS Traumatic ischemia of muscle, sequela
- T79.7XXD Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema, subsequent encounter
- T79.7XXS Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema, sequela
- T79.8XXD Other early complications of trauma, subsequent encounter
- T79.8XXS Other early complications of trauma, sequela
- T79.9XXD Unspecified early complication of trauma, subsequent encounter
- T79.9XXS Unspecified early complication of trauma, sequela
- T79.A0XD Compartment syndrome, unspecified, subsequent encounter
- T79.A0XS Compartment syndrome, unspecified, sequela
- T79.A11D Traumatic compartment syndrome of right upper extremity, subsequent encounter
- T79.A11S Traumatic compartment syndrome of right upper extremity, sequela
- T79.A12D Traumatic compartment syndrome of left upper extremity, subsequent encounter
- T79.A12S Traumatic compartment syndrome of left upper extremity, sequela
- T79.A19D Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified upper extremity, subsequent encounter
- T79.A19S Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified upper extremity, sequela
- T79.A21D Traumatic compartment syndrome of right lower extremity, subsequent encounter
- T79.A21S Traumatic compartment syndrome of right lower extremity, sequela
- T79.A22D Traumatic compartment syndrome of left lower extremity, subsequent encounter
- T79.A22S Traumatic compartment syndrome of left lower extremity, sequela
- T79.A29D Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified lower extremity, subsequent encounter
- T79.A29S Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified lower extremity, sequela
- T79.A3XD Traumatic compartment syndrome of abdomen, subsequent encounter
- T79.A3XS Traumatic compartment syndrome of abdomen, sequela
- T79.A9XD Traumatic compartment syndrome of other sites, subsequent encounter
- T79.A9XS Traumatic compartment syndrome of other sites, sequela
Questions About This Category
Why are these codes POA exempt?
The codes for certain early complications of trauma describe circumstances where the Present on Admission question has no meaning, so CMS exempts them from the indicator. The exemption is published in the official FY 2026 CMS exempt file.
How many codes in this range are exempt?
The FY 2026 exempt list contains 36 codes in this range, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.
Are these codes billable?
The exemption only removes the POA indicator requirement, it does not change how a code is used on claims. Billable status is shown per code: blue codes are billable, and any codes shown in the amber tone are category headers that need more characters.
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Source: CMS FY 2026 ICD-10-CM POA exempt file, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. See also the Medicare Code Edits and the MS-DRG list.
