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2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 994.7

Asphyxiation and strangulation

 On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date.

The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 994.7 can be accessed here.

  • 994.7 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 994.7 contains 28 index entries
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 994.* hierarchy

994.7 also known as:

  • Suffocation (by):
    • bedclothes
    • cave-in
    • constriction
    • mechanical
    • plastic bag
    • pressure
    • strangulation

994.7 excludes:

  • asphyxia from:
    • carbon monoxide (986)
    • inhalation of food or foreign body (932-934.9)
    • other gases, fumes, and vapors (987.0-987.9)

Index entries containing 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
  • 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
  • mesentery 560.2
  • mucus (see also Asphyxia, mucus) 933.1
  • omentum 560.2
  • organ or site, congenital NEC - see Atresia
  • ovary 620.8
  • penis 607.89
  • 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
    • overlying 994.7
    • plastic bag 994.7
    • pressure 994.7
    • strangulation 994.7
  • mechanical 994.7