ICD-9-CM diagnosis code (retired)
934.8 — Foreign body in other specified parts bronchus and lung
About ICD-9-CM 934.8
934.8 is an ICD-9-CM diagnosis code for foreign body in other specified parts bronchus and lung. 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 T17.800A (Unspecified foreign body in other parts of respiratory tract causing asphyxiation, initial encounter), T17.808A (Unspecified foreign body in other parts of respiratory tract causing other injury, initial encounter) and T17.810A (Gastric contents in other parts of respiratory tract causing asphyxiation, initial encounter). All of these are approximate matches, so review the record to pick the right one.
ICD-10-CM equivalents
- T17.800AUnspecified foreign body in other parts of respiratory tract causing asphyxiation, initial encounterapproximate
- T17.808AUnspecified foreign body in other parts of respiratory tract causing other injury, initial encounterapproximate
- T17.810AGastric contents in other parts of respiratory tract causing asphyxiation, initial encounterapproximate
- T17.818AGastric contents in other parts of respiratory tract causing other injury, initial encounterapproximate
- T17.820AFood in other parts of respiratory tract causing asphyxiation, initial encounterapproximate
- T17.828AFood in other parts of respiratory tract causing other injury, initial encounterapproximate
- T17.890AOther foreign object in other parts of respiratory tract causing asphyxiation, initial encounterapproximate
- T17.898AOther foreign object in other parts of respiratory tract causing other injury, initial encounterapproximate
Common questions about 934.8
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.