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T68.XXXA
Billable

Hypothermia (initial encounter)

Extension type: Initial encounter
Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Inclusion Terms

2 items
  • •
    Accidental hypothermia
  • •
    Hypothermia NOS

Excludes1

3 items
  • •
    hypothermia following anesthesia (T88.51)
  • •
    hypothermia not associated with low environmental temperature (R68.0)
  • •
    hypothermia of newborn (P80.-)

Excludes2

1 item

Use Additional Code

3 items
  • •
    code to identify source of exposure:
  • •
    Exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin (W93)
  • •
    Exposure to excessive cold of natural origin (X31)

Billable Code

T68.XXXA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

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Hypothermia

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Parent Codes Referenced:

S00-T88T68

Inclusion Terms

2 items

From T68:

  • •
    Accidental hypothermia
  • •
    Hypothermia NOS

Excludes1

5 items

From S00-T88:

From T68:

  • •
    hypothermia following anesthesia (T88.51)
  • •
    hypothermia not associated with low environmental temperature (R68.0)
  • •
    hypothermia of newborn (P80.-)

Excludes2

1 item

From T68:

Use Additional Code

4 items

From S00-T88:

  • •
    code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

From T68:

  • •
    code to identify source of exposure:
  • •
    Exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin (W93)
  • •
    Exposure to excessive cold of natural origin (X31)

7th Character Notes

4 items

From T68:

  • •
    The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code T68
  • •
    A: initial encounter
  • •
    D: subsequent encounter
  • •
    S: sequela
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