ICD-10-CM
T71.9 - Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause
Code
T71.9 - Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause
[Non-Billable]
[Non-Billable]
Includes
- Suffocation (by strangulation) due to unspecified cause
- Suffocation NOS
- Systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air due to unspecified cause
- Systemic oxygen deficiency due to mechanical threat to breathing due to unspecified cause
- Traumatic asphyxia NOS
Code Tree
Citation
"T71.9 - Asphyxiation Due to Unspecified Cause." ICD-10-CM ICD-10-CM, 10th ed., Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the National Center for Health Statistics, 2026. ICD-10-CM, www.unboundmedicine.com/icd/view/ICD-10-CM/951083/all/T71_9___Asphyxiation_due_to_unspecified_cause.
T71.9 - Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause. ICD-10-CM ICD-10-CM. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the National Center for Health Statistics; 2026. https://www.unboundmedicine.com/icd/view/ICD-10-CM/951083/all/T71_9___Asphyxiation_due_to_unspecified_cause. Accessed September 29, 2026.
T71.9 - Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause. (2026). In ICD-10-CM ICD-10-CM (10th ed.). Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the National Center for Health Statistics. https://www.unboundmedicine.com/icd/view/ICD-10-CM/951083/all/T71_9___Asphyxiation_due_to_unspecified_cause
T71.9 - Asphyxiation Due to Unspecified Cause [Internet]. In: ICD-10-CM ICD-10-CM. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the National Center for Health Statistics; 2026. [cited 2026 September 29]. Available from: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/icd/view/ICD-10-CM/951083/all/T71_9___Asphyxiation_due_to_unspecified_cause.
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