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T18.12

⚠ Non-billable (Header)

Food in esophagus

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

⚠️ This is a category header code — not billable. Use a more specific child code below.

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Also Known As

Bones in esophagusSeeds in esophagus

⚠️ Excludes2

inherited from T18.1

Rules from parent category T18.1: Foreign body in esophagus

  • • foreign body in respiratory tract (T17.-)

Child Codes (2)

T18.120Food in esophagus causing compression of tracheaT18.128Food in esophagus causing other injury

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Code Information

CodeT18.12
BillableNo — Header code
ParentT18.1
CategoryInjury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Excludes10 rule(s)
Excludes21 note(s)
Child codes2

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CMS ICD-10-CM 2026 Tabular List

Updated October 1, 2025 (FY2026)