T68 - Hypothermia
InclusionTerm:
-Accidental hypothermia
-Hypothermia NOS
Use Additional Code:
-code to identify source of exposure:
-Exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin (W93)
-Exposure to excessive cold of natural origin (X31)
Excludes 1:
-hypothermia following anesthesia T88.51)
-hypothermia not associated with low environmental temperature R68.0)
-hypothermia of newborn (P80.-)
Excludes 2:
-frostbite (T33-T34)
sevenChrNote:
-The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code T68
sevenChrDef:
A - initial encounter
D - subsequent encounter
S - sequela