ICD-9-CM diagnosis code (retired)
934.0 — Foreign body in trachea
About ICD-9-CM 934.0
934.0 is an ICD-9-CM diagnosis code for foreign body in trachea. ICD-9-CM was retired for U.S. claims on October 1, 2015, when ICD-10-CM took over.
The CMS General Equivalence Mappings translate it to 8 ICD-10-CM codes, such as T17.400A (Unspecified foreign body in trachea causing asphyxiation, initial encounter), T17.408A (Unspecified foreign body in trachea causing other injury, initial encounter) and T17.410A (Gastric contents in trachea causing asphyxiation, initial encounter). All of these are approximate matches, so review the record to pick the right one.
ICD-10-CM equivalents
- T17.400AUnspecified foreign body in trachea causing asphyxiation, initial encounterapproximate
- T17.408AUnspecified foreign body in trachea causing other injury, initial encounterapproximate
- T17.410AGastric contents in trachea causing asphyxiation, initial encounterapproximate
- T17.418AGastric contents in trachea causing other injury, initial encounterapproximate
- T17.420AFood in trachea causing asphyxiation, initial encounterapproximate
- T17.428AFood in trachea causing other injury, initial encounterapproximate
- T17.490AOther foreign object in trachea causing asphyxiation, initial encounterapproximate
- T17.498AOther foreign object in trachea causing other injury, initial encounterapproximate
Common questions about 934.0
GEMs are a translation aid, not a substitute for coding from the record. The 2027 ICD-10 code set has changed since the last GEMs release in 2018. Page updated September 29, 2026.