kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

T33

Superficial frostbite

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
      • T33 Superficial frostbite
        • T33.0 Superficial frostbite of head
        • T33.1 Superficial frostbite of neck
        • T33.2 Superficial frostbite of thorax
        • T33.3 Superficial frostbite of abdominal wall, lower back and pelvis
        • T33.4 Superficial frostbite of arm
        • T33.5 Superficial frostbite of wrist, hand, and fingers
        • T33.6 Superficial frostbite of hip and thigh
        • T33.7 Superficial frostbite of knee and lower leg
        • T33.8 Superficial frostbite of ankle, foot, and toe(s)
        • T33.9 Superficial frostbite of other and unspecified sites

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

Includes

T33

  • frostbite with partial thickness skin loss

Excludes 1

S00-T88

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

Excludes 2

T33-T34

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