T79.4
Billable codeTraumatic shock
The ICD-10 code for traumatic shock is T79.4.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- 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)
Also known as
Alternate wording, synonyms, or specific conditions that fall under this code, listed to help confirm you've picked the right one.
- Shock (immediate) (delayed) following injury
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- T79.0Air embolism (traumatic)
- T79.1Fat embolism (traumatic)
- T79.2Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma
- T79.5Traumatic anuria
- T79.6Traumatic ischemia of muscle
- T79.7Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema
- T79.8Other early complications of trauma
- T79.9Unspecified early complication of trauma
- T79.ATraumatic compartment syndromenon-billable header
- T79.4Traumatic shock