ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T33-T34 › T33 Superficial frostbite › T33.5
Superficial frostbite of wrist, hand, and fingers
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- T33.51 Superficial frostbite of wrist (also a header)
- T33.52 Superficial frostbite of hand (also a header)
- T33.53 Superficial frostbite of finger(s) (also a header)
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Superficial frostbite of wrist, hand, and fingers
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from T33 Superficial frostbite
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T33
Includes
- frostbite with partial thickness skin loss
Inherited from the T33-T34 section Frostbite (T33-T34)
Excludes2 - not included here
- hypothermia and other effects of reduced temperature (T68, T69.-)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| T33.0 | Superficial frostbite of head | Not billable |
| T33.1 | Superficial frostbite of neck | Not billable |
| T33.2 | Superficial frostbite of thorax | Not billable |
| T33.3 | Superficial frostbite of abdominal wall, lower back and pelvis | Not billable |
| T33.4 | Superficial frostbite of arm | Not billable |
| T33.6 | Superficial frostbite of hip and thigh | Not billable |
| T33.7 | Superficial frostbite of knee and lower leg | Not billable |
| T33.8 | Superficial frostbite of ankle, foot, and toe(s) | Not billable |
| T33.9 | Superficial frostbite of other and unspecified sites | Not billable |