Category: T68 - Hypothermia
Chapter Notes
Hypothermia
Accidental hypothermia
Hypothermia NOS
Use additional code to identify source of exposure:
Exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin (W93)
Exposure to excessive cold of natural origin (X31)
hypothermia following anesthesia (T88.51)
hypothermia not associated with low environmental temperature (R68.0)
hypothermia of newborn (P80.-)
frostbite (T33-T34)
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code T68
A
initial encounter
D
subsequent encounter
S
sequela
