T79.A
Header — not billableTraumatic compartment syndrome
The ICD-10 code for traumatic compartment syndrome is T79.A.
T79.A is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 5 more specific codes below.
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).
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
- traumatic ischemic infarction of muscle (T79.6)
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.
- •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.
Child codes under T79.A
Related codes in this category
- T79.0Air embolism (traumatic)
- T79.1Fat embolism (traumatic)
- T79.2Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma
- T79.4Traumatic shock
- 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