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T34

Frostbite with tissue necrosis

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:

  • T34.0 Frostbite with tissue necrosis of head (also a header)
  • T34.1 Frostbite with tissue necrosis of neck (also a header)
  • T34.2 Frostbite with tissue necrosis of thorax (also a header)
  • T34.3 Frostbite with tissue necrosis of abdominal wall, lower back and pelvis (also a header)
  • T34.4 Frostbite with tissue necrosis of arm (also a header)
  • T34.5 Frostbite with tissue necrosis of wrist, hand, and finger(s) (also a header)
  • T34.6 Frostbite with tissue necrosis of hip and thigh (also a header)
  • T34.7 Frostbite with tissue necrosis of knee and lower leg (also a header)
  • T34.8 Frostbite with tissue necrosis of ankle, foot, and toe(s) (also a header)
  • T34.9 Frostbite with tissue necrosis of other and unspecified sites (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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Frostbite with tissue necrosis

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.

This code

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T34

Inherited from the T33-T34 section Frostbite (T33-T34)

Excludes2 - not included here

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