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ICD-9-CM
994.7

ICD-9-CM Code 994.7

Official Description

Effects of other external causes; Asphyxiation and strangulation
Suffocation (by): bedclothes, cave-in, constriction, mechanical, plastic bag, pressure, strangulation
Excludes: asphyxia from: carbon monoxide (986), inhalation of food or foreign body (932-934.9), other gases, fumes, and vapors (987.0-987.9)
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