kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

T68.XXXA

initial encounter

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Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • T66-T78 Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)

Long Title

T68.XXXA

  • Hypothermia initial encounter

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.

Inclusion Terms

T68.XXXA

  • Accidental hypothermia
  • Hypothermia NOS

T68

  • Accidental hypothermia
  • Hypothermia NOS

Use Additional

T68.XXXA

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

T68

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

S00-T88

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

Excludes 1

T68.XXXA

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

T68

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

S00-T88

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

Excludes 2

T68.XXXA

T68