Asphyxiation

Coding guidance (WHO 2019)

Incl.: Suffocation (by strangulation) Systemic oxygen deficiency due to: low oxygen content in ambient air mechanical threat to breathing Excl.: anoxia due to high altitude (T70.2) asphyxia from: carbon monoxide (T58) inhalation of food or foreign body (T17.-) other gases, fumes and vapours (T59.-) respiratory distress: syndrome in adult (J80) in newborn (P22.-)