Specific code 2009 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 933.0
Foreign body in pharynx
  • ICD-9-CM 933.0 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 933.0 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 933.0.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 933.0: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 933.0 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM T17.200A Unspecified foreign body in pharynx causing asphyxiation, initial encounter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM T17.208A Unspecified foreign body in pharynx causing other injury, initial encounter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM T17.210A Gastric contents in pharynx causing asphyxiation, initial encounter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM T17.218A Gastric contents in pharynx causing other injury, initial encounter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM T17.220A Food in pharynx causing asphyxiation, initial encounter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM T17.228A Food in pharynx causing other injury, initial encounter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM T17.290A Other foreign object in pharynx causing asphyxiation, initial encounter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM T17.298A Other foreign object in pharynx causing other injury, initial encounter
Approximate Synonyms
  • Aspiration of food into nasopharynx
  • Aspiration of food into pharynx
  • Aspiration of foreign body in pharynx
  • Aspiration of foreign body into nasopharynx
  • Aspiration of foreign body into pharynx
  • Aspiration of gastric contents into nasopharynx
  • Aspiration of gastric contents into pharynx
  • Foreign body in nasopharynx
Applies To
  • Nasopharynx
  • Throat NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 933.0:
  • Asphyxia, asphyxiation (by) 799.01
    • food or foreign body (in larynx) 933.1
      • bronchioles 934.8
      • bronchus (main) 934.1
      • lung 934.8
      • nasopharynx 933.0
      • nose, nasal passages 932
      • pharynx 933.0
      • respiratory tract 934.9
      • throat 933.0
      • trachea 934.0
  • Foreign body
    • entering through orifice (current) (old)
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