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T67

Effects of heat and light

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:

  • T67.0 Heatstroke and sunstroke (also a header)
  • T67.1 Heat syncope (also a header)
  • T67.2 Heat cramp (also a header)
  • T67.3 Heat exhaustion, anhydrotic (also a header)
  • T67.4 Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion (also a header)
  • T67.5 Heat exhaustion, unspecified (also a header)
  • T67.6 Heat fatigue, transient (also a header)
  • T67.7 Heat edema (also a header)
  • T67.8 Other effects of heat and light (also a header)
  • T67.9 Effect of heat and light, unspecified (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 Effects of heat and light

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 T67

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • erythema [dermatitis] ab igne (L59.0)
  • malignant hyperpyrexia due to anesthesia (T88.3)
  • radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • burns (T20-T31)
  • sunburn (L55.-)
  • sweat disorder due to heat (L74-L75)

Inherited from the T66-T78 section Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)

Code also

  • , if applicable, place of occurrence, such as:
  • highway rest stop (Y92.523)
  • school (private) (public) (state) as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.21-)
  • service areas as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.52-)
  • single-family non-institutional (private) house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.01-)
  • transport vehicle as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.81-)