ICD-10-CM Codes
S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
T66-T78 Other and unspecified effects of external causes
T68- Hypothermia
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T68.XXXA

2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T68.XXXA

Hypothermia, initial encounter

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Billable/Specific Code

T68.XXXA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM T68.XXXA became effective on October 1, 2021.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T68.XXXA - other international versions of ICD-10 T68.XXXA may differ.

The following code(s) above T68.XXXA contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to T68.XXXA:

S00-T88
2022 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Note
- 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
Type 1 Excludes
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Use Additional
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
T68
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T68
Hypothermia
Applicable To
- Accidental hypothermia
- Hypothermia NOS
Type 1 Excludes
- hypothermia following anesthesia (T88.51)
- hypothermia not associated with low environmental temperature (R68.0)
- hypothermia of newborn (P80.-)
Type 2 Excludes
- frostbite (T33-T34)
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)
Hypothermia

Approximate Synonyms

Hypothermia

ICD-10-CM T68.XXXA is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0):

922 Other injury, poisoning and toxic effect diagnoses with mcc
923 Other injury, poisoning and toxic effect diagnoses without mcc

Convert T68.XXXA to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To T68.XXXA

T67.7XXS …… sequela

T67.8 Other effects of heat and light

T67.8XXA …… initial encounter

T67.8XXD …… subsequent encounter

T67.8XXS …… sequela

T67.9 Effect of heat and light, unspecified

T67.9XXA …… initial encounter

T67.9XXD …… subsequent encounter

T67.9XXS …… sequela

T68 Hypothermia

T68.XXXA Hypothermia, initial encounter

T68.XXXD Hypothermia, subsequent encounter

T68.XXXS Hypothermia, sequela

T69 Other effects of reduced temperature

T69.0 Immersion hand and foot

T69.01 Immersion hand

T69.011 Immersion hand, right hand

T69.011A …… initial encounter

T69.011D …… subsequent encounter

T69.011S …… sequela

T69.012 Immersion hand, left hand

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.