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T18.12

Food in esophagus

Non-billableCategory

Code Hierarchy

T18T18.1T18.12

Chapter: 19. Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Section: T15-T19 - Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice

Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Bones in esophagus
  • Seeds in esophagus

Specific Codes (2)

T18.120Category

Food in esophagus causing compression of trachea

T18.128Category

Food in esophagus causing other injury

Related Codes

T18.10Category

Unspecified foreign body in esophagus

T18.11Category

Gastric contents in esophagus

T18.19Category

Other foreign object in esophagus

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