Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Shock (immediate) (delayed) following injury

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with T79.4

  • anaphylactic shock due to adverse food reaction (T78.0-)
  • T88.6 - anaphylactic shock due to correct medicinal substance properly administered (T88.6)
  • anaphylactic shock due to serum (T80.5-)
  • T78.2 - anaphylactic shock NOS (T78.2)
  • T75.4 - electric shock (T75.4)
  • nontraumatic shock NEC (R57.-)
  • O75.1 - obstetric shock (O75.1)
  • postprocedural shock (T81.1-)
  • R65.21 - septic shock (R65.21)
  • shock complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.3)
  • T88.2 - shock due to anesthesia (T88.2)
  • T75.01 - shock due to lightning (T75.01)
  • R57.9 - shock NOS (R57.9)

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