T79.4

Traumatic shock

Requires 7th character

T79.4 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Shock (immediate) (delayed) following injury

Includes (from T79)

  • Note: Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
  • Note: The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

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

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • birth trauma (P10-P15) (from T79)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71) (from T79)
  • acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80) (from T79)
  • complications occurring during or following medical procedures (T80-T88) (from T79)
  • complications of surgical and medical care NEC (T80-T88) (from T79)
  • newborn respiratory distress syndrome (P22.0) (from T79)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-) (from T79)

7th character

This code requires a 7th character (defined at T79). Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.

CharacterMeaning
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

Also known as

  • Shock (immediate) (delayed) following injury
  • Blood, pressure, decreased, due to shock following injury
  • Decrease, respiration, due to shock following injury
  • Feeble rapid pulse due to shock following injury
  • Hypovolemia, traumatic
  • Pulse, feeble, rapid due to shock following injury
  • Rapid, feeble pulse, due to shock, following injury
  • Respiration, decreased due to shock, following injury
  • Shock, following injury
  • Shock, hemorrhagic, trauma
  • Shock, hypovolemic, traumatic
  • Shock, pleural, due to trauma
  • Shock, traumatic
  • Syndrome, shock

Parent code

  • T79Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classifiedNeeds 7th char

More specific codes T79.4

  • T79.4XXATraumatic shock, initial encounterBillable
  • T79.4XXDTraumatic shock, subsequent encounterBillable
  • T79.4XXSTraumatic shock, sequelaBillable

Related codes

  • T79.0Air embolism (traumatic)Needs 7th char
  • T79.1Fat embolism (traumatic)Needs 7th char
  • T79.2Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seromaNeeds 7th char
  • T79.5Traumatic anuriaNeeds 7th char
  • T79.6Traumatic ischemia of muscleNeeds 7th char
  • T79.7Traumatic subcutaneous emphysemaNeeds 7th char
  • T79.ATraumatic compartment syndromeNeeds 7th char
  • T79.8Other early complications of traumaNeeds 7th char
  • T79.9Unspecified early complication of traumaNeeds 7th char

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