2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 994.7 : Asphyxiation and strangulation

Short description: ASPHYXIATION/STRANGULAT.
ICD-9-CM 994.7 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
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ICD-9-CM 994.7 converts approximately to:

2013 ICD-10-CM T71.111A Asphyxiation due to smothering under pillow, accidental, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.112A Asphyxiation due to smothering under pillow, intentional self-harm, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.113A Asphyxiation due to smothering under pillow, assault, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.114A Asphyxiation due to smothering under pillow, undetermined, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.121A Asphyxiation due to plastic bag, accidental, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.122A Asphyxiation due to plastic bag, intentional self-harm, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.123A Asphyxiation due to plastic bag, assault, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.124A Asphyxiation due to plastic bag, undetermined, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.131A Asphyxiation due to being trapped in bed linens, accidental, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.132A Asphyxiation due to being trapped in bed linens, intentional self-harm, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.133A Asphyxiation due to being trapped in bed linens, assault, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.134A Asphyxiation due to being trapped in bed linens, undetermined, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.141A Asphyxiation due to smothering under another person's body (in bed), accidental, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.143A Asphyxiation due to smothering under another person's body (in bed), assault, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.144A Asphyxiation due to smothering under another person's body (in bed), undetermined, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.151A Asphyxiation due to smothering in furniture, accidental, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.152A Asphyxiation due to smothering in furniture, intentional self-harm, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.153A Asphyxiation due to smothering in furniture, assault, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.154A Asphyxiation due to smothering in furniture, undetermined, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.161A Asphyxiation due to hanging, accidental, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.162A Asphyxiation due to hanging, intentional self-harm, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.163A Asphyxiation due to hanging, assault, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.164A Asphyxiation due to hanging, undetermined, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.191A Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing due to other causes, accidental, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.192A Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing due to other causes, intentional self-harm, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.193A Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing due to other causes, assault, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.194A Asphyxiation due to mechanical threat to breathing due to other causes, undetermined, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.20XA Asphyxiation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air due to unspecified cause, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.21XA Asphyxiation due to cave-in or falling earth, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.221A Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a car trunk, accidental, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.222A Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a car trunk, intentional self-harm, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.223A Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a car trunk, assault, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.224A Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a car trunk, undetermined, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.231A Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, accidental, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.232A Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, intentional self-harm, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.233A Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, assault, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.234A Asphyxiation due to being trapped in a (discarded) refrigerator, undetermined, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.29XA Asphyxiation due to being trapped in other low oxygen environment, initial encounter
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2013 ICD-10-CM T71.9XXA Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause, initial encounter

ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 994.7:

Asphyxia, asphyxiation (by) 799.01
- bedclothes 994.7
- bunny bag 994.7
- cave-in 994.7
  - crushing - see Injury, internal, intrathoracic organs
- constriction 994.7
- gravitational changes 994.7
- hanging 994.7
- mechanical 994.7
  - during birth (see also Distress, fetal) 768.9
- plastic bag 994.7
- postnatal (see also Asphyxia, newborn) 768.9
  - mechanical 994.7
- pressure 994.7
- strangulation 994.7
Bedclothes, asphyxiation or suffocation by 994.7
Cave-in, injury
- suffocation 994.7
Constriction
- asphyxiation or suffocation by 994.7
Effect, adverse NEC
- strangulation 994.7
Hanging (asphyxia) (strangulation) (suffocation) 994.7
Overlaid, overlying (suffocation) 994.7
Strangulation, strangulated 994.7
- appendix 543.9
- asphyxiation or suffocation by 994.7
- bladder neck 596.0
- bowel - see Strangulation, intestine
- colon - see Strangulation, intestine
- cord (umbilical) - see Compression, umbilical cord
- due to birth injury 767.8
- food or foreign body (see also Asphyxia, food) 933.1
- hemorrhoids 455.8
  - external 455.5
  - internal 455.2
- hernia - see also Hernia, by site with obstruction
  - gangrenous - see Hernia, by site, with gangrene
- intestine (large) (small) 560.2
  - with hernia - see also Hernia, by site, with obstruction
    - gangrenous - see Hernia, by site, with gangrene
  - congenital (small) 751.1
    - large 751.2
- mesentery 560.2
- mucus (see also Asphyxia, mucus) 933.1
  - newborn 770.18
- omentum 560.2
- organ or site, congenital NEC - see Atresia
- ovary 620.8
  - due to hernia 620.4
- penis 607.89
  - foreign body 939.3
- rupture (see also Hernia, by site, with obstruction) 552.9
  - gangrenous (see also Hernia, by site, with gangrene) 551.9
- stomach, due to hernia (see also Hernia, by site, with obstruction 552.9
  - with gangrene (see also Hernia, by site, with gangrene) 551.9
- umbilical cord - see Compression, umbilical cord
- vesicourethral orifice 596.0
Suffocation (see also Asphyxia) 799.01
- by
  - bed clothes 994.7
  - bunny bag 994.7
  - cave-in 994.7
  - constriction 994.7
  - drowning 994.1
  - inhalation
    - food or foreign body (see also Asphyxia, food or foreign body) 933.1
    - oil or gasoline (see also Asphyxia, food or foreign body) 933.1
  - overlying 994.7
  - plastic bag 994.7
  - pressure 994.7
  - strangulation 994.7
- mechanical 994.7

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