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External Cause of Injuries Index

Interruption of respiration (by)

  • food (lodged in esophagus) T18.120
  • vomitus (lodged in esophagus) T17.81-
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ICD-10-CM External Cause of Injuries Index maintained by CDC/NCHS (public domain), from the CMS FY2027 release.