T71 Asphyxiation Notes: Mechanical suffocation ; Traumatic suffocation ; Suffocation due to mechanical threat to breathing ;…

Asphyxiation
Notes: Mechanical suffocation ; Traumatic suffocation ; Suffocation due to mechanical threat to breathing ; Asphyxiation due to smothering under pillow NOS ; Asphyxiation due to plastic bag NOS ; Asphyxiation due to being trapped in bed linens NOS ; Asphyxiation due to smothering under another person’s body (in bed) NOS ; Asphyxiation due to smothering in furniture NOS ; Hanging by window shade cord ; Asphyxiation due to hanging NOS ; Hanging NOS ; Asphyxiation due to other causes NOS ; Suffocation due to systemic oxygen deficiency due to low oxygen content in ambient air ; 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 for any associated injuries, such as: ; crushing injury of neck (S17.-) ; fracture of cervical vertebrae (S12.0-S12.2-) ; open wound of neck (S11.-) ; code for any associated cataclysm (X34-X38) ; acute respiratory distress (syndrome) (J80) ; anoxia due to high altitude (T70.2) ; asphyxia NOS (R09.01) ; asphyxia from carbon monoxide (T58.-) ; asphyxia from inhalation of food or foreign body (T17.-) ; asphyxia from other gases, fumes and vapors (T59.-) ; respiratory distress (syndrome) in newborn (P22.-)

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