ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T33-T34 › T33 Superficial frostbite › T33.6
Superficial frostbite of hip and thigh
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:
- T33.60 Superficial frostbite of unspecified hip and thigh (also a header)
- T33.61 Superficial frostbite of right hip and thigh (also a header)
- T33.62 Superficial frostbite of left hip and thigh (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 hip and thigh
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.-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Frozen
- Freezing
- Frostbite > thigh
- Frostbite > leg > toe
- Frostbite > leg > thigh
- Effect, adverse > cold > frostbite
- Frostbite > leg > with tissue necrosis
- Frostbite > with > partial thickness skin loss
- Frostbite > hip
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 |
| T33.5 | Superficial frostbite of wrist, hand, and fingers | 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 |