kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

T34.7

Frostbite with tissue necrosis of knee and lower leg

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
      • T34 Frostbite with tissue necrosis
        • T34.7 Frostbite with tissue necrosis of knee and lower leg
          • T34.70 Frostbite with tissue necrosis of unspecified knee and lower leg
          • T34.71 Frostbite with tissue necrosis of right knee and lower leg
          • T34.72 Frostbite with tissue necrosis of left knee and lower leg

Notes

S00-T88

  • Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
  • The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Use Additional

S00-T88

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

Excludes 1

S00-T88

  • P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes 2

T34.7

  • frostbite with tissue necrosis of ankle and foot (T34.8-)
    • T34.8 Frostbite with tissue necrosis of ankle, foot, and toe(s)

T33-T34

  • hypothermia and other effects of reduced temperature (T68, T69.-)
    • T68 Hypothermia
    • T69 Other effects of reduced temperature