T79.0Air embolism (traumatic)
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
May be used as the primary diagnosis
Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Complete code in the classification
Use when the diagnosis matches and no exclusion applies.
- Group T79-T79
- Certain early complications of trauma
- Official Vietnamese name
- Thuyên tắc khí (do chấn thương)
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- (T80-T88) Excl.: air embolism complicating: abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2) pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
Related T79 codes
T79
Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified
T79.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Fat embolism (traumatic)
T79.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Traumatic secondary and recurrent haemorrhage
T79.3
Primary diagnosis candidate
Post-traumatic wound infection, not elsewhere classified
T79.4
Primary diagnosis candidate
Traumatic shock
T79.5
Primary diagnosis candidate
Traumatic anuria
T79.6
Primary diagnosis candidate
Traumatic ischaemia of muscle
T79.7
Primary diagnosis candidate
Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema
T79.8
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other early complications of trauma
T79.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Unspecified early complication of trauma
Clinical record checklist
View coding guide →- Confirm that the code matches the final documented diagnosis.
- Use one primary-diagnosis code and record only relevant additional conditions.
- Review Ministry indicators, inclusions, exclusions and notes.
- Do not infer a diagnosis beyond the clinical record.
2026 regulatory basis
Indicators are taken from columns 24–29 of the classification accompanying Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT, cross-referenced with Decision 1849/QĐ-BYT and Official Dispatch 4059/BYT-BH.
