About Section T79

Section T79 covers Certain early complications of trauma within Chapter 19 of the ICD-10-CM Tabular List. This section includes diagnosis codes ranging from T79 to T79. Each code below includes its description, billable status, and links to detailed coding guidelines.

Diagnosis Codes 22 entries

T79Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classifiedNon-Billable›T79.0Air embolism (traumatic)Billable›T79.1Fat embolism (traumatic)Billable›T79.2Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seromaBillable›T79.4Traumatic shockBillable›T79.5Traumatic anuriaBillable›T79.6Traumatic ischemia of muscleBillable›T79.7Traumatic subcutaneous emphysemaBillable›T79.8Other early complications of traumaBillable›T79.9Unspecified early complication of traumaBillable›T79.ATraumatic compartment syndromeNon-Billable›T79.A0Compartment syndrome, unspecifiedBillable›T79.A1Traumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremityNon-Billable›T79.A11Traumatic compartment syndrome of right upper extremityBillable›T79.A12Traumatic compartment syndrome of left upper extremityBillable›T79.A19Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified upper extremityBillable›T79.A2Traumatic compartment syndrome of lower extremityNon-Billable›T79.A21Traumatic compartment syndrome of right lower extremityBillable›T79.A22Traumatic compartment syndrome of left lower extremityBillable›T79.A29Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified lower extremityBillable›T79.A3Traumatic compartment syndrome of abdomenBillable›T79.A9Traumatic compartment syndrome of other sitesBillable›