T79.A
ICD-10Non-billable categoryTraumatic compartment syndrome
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Traumatic compartment syndrome
T79.A is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- fibromyalgia (M79.7)
- nontraumatic compartment syndrome (M79.A-)
Excludes2
Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.
- traumatic ischemic infarction of muscle (T79.6)
ICD-10-CM FY2026 defines 5 codes beneath T79.A. See the ICD-10-CM index for what this site publishes.
Related codes in T79
- T79.0Air embolism (traumatic)category
- T79.1Fat embolism (traumatic)category
- T79.2Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seromacategory
- T79.4Traumatic shockcategory
- T79.5Traumatic anuriacategory
- T79.6Traumatic ischemia of musclecategory
- T79.7Traumatic subcutaneous emphysemacategory
- T79.8Other early complications of traumacategory
- T79.9Unspecified early complication of traumacategory
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- T79
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.