T70
Header — not billableEffects of air pressure and water pressure
The ICD-10 code for effects of air pressure and water pressure is T70.
T70 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 7 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
7th character definitions
These definitions specify what each valid 7th-character value means for codes in this category.
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7th character note
This category requires a 7th character to indicate additional clinical detail (e.g. encounter type: initial, subsequent, sequela). The code is incomplete without it.
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T70
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •This category requires a 7th character. Documentation should clearly indicate the episode of care (initial encounter, subsequent encounter, or sequela).
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under T70
- T70.0Otitic barotrauma
- T70.1Sinus barotrauma
- T70.2Other and unspecified effects of high altitudenon-billable header
- T70.3Caisson disease [decompression sickness]
- T70.4Effects of high-pressure fluids
- T70.8Other effects of air pressure and water pressure
- T70.9Effect of air pressure and water pressure, unspecified
Related codes in this category
- T66Radiation sickness, unspecified
- T67Effects of heat and lightnon-billable header
- T68Hypothermia
- T69Other effects of reduced temperaturenon-billable header
- T71Asphyxiationnon-billable header
- T73Effects of other deprivationnon-billable header
- T74Adult and child abuse, neglect and other maltreatment, confirmednon-billable header
- T75Other and unspecified effects of other external causesnon-billable header
- T76Adult and child abuse, neglect and other maltreatment, suspectednon-billable header
- T78Adverse effects, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- T70Effects of air pressure and water pressurenon-billable header