Other effects of reduced temperature - T69
Use Additional Code: This note indicates that an additional code should be used in conjunction with the primary code "T69" to provide a complete picture of the patient's condition or to capture associated factors.
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)
Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.
Type 2 Excludes:
- frostbite (T33-T34)
The seventh character in ICD-10-CM is an essential component that adds specificity to diagnosis codes by indicating aspects like the encounter type, stage, or other relevant clinical details.
Category SevenChr Note:
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T69
These ranges represents subcategories of Other effects of reduced temperature. The "T69" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- T69.0 - Immersion hand and foot
- T69.01 - Immersion hand
- T69.011 - Immersion hand, right hand
- T69.012 - Immersion hand, left hand
- T69.019 - Immersion hand, unspecified hand
- T69.02 - Immersion foot
- T69.021 - Immersion foot, right foot
- T69.022 - Immersion foot, left foot
- T69.029 - Immersion foot, unspecified foot
- T69.1 - Chilblains
- T69.8 - Other specified effects of reduced temperature
- T69.9 - Effect of reduced temperature, unspecified