ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T33-T34 › T34.832 Frostbite with tissue necrosis of... › T34.832S
Frostbite with tissue necrosis of left toe(s), sequela
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Frostbite with tissue necrosis of left toe(s), sequela
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 T34 Frostbite with tissue necrosis
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.-)
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 > leg > toe
- Effect, adverse > cold > frostbite
- Frostbite > leg > with tissue necrosis
- Frostbite > with > partial thickness skin loss
- Frostbite > toes > with tissue necrosis
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| T34.832A | Frostbite with tissue necrosis of left toe(s), initial encounter | Valid |
| T34.832D | Frostbite with tissue necrosis of left toe(s), subsequent encounter | Valid |