ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T66-T78 › T67.0 Heatstroke and sunstroke › T67.09

T67.09

Other heatstroke and sunstroke

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, FY2020 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • T67.09XA Other heatstroke and sunstroke, initial encounter
  • T67.09XD Other heatstroke and sunstroke, subsequent encounter
  • T67.09XS Other heatstroke and sunstroke, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2020 to now.

  1. FY2020 Added to the code set Other heatstroke and sunstroke

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 T67 Effects of heat and light

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-)

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
T67.01 Heatstroke and sunstroke Not billable
T67.02 Exertional heatstroke Not billable
T67.0XXA Heatstroke and sunstroke, initial encounter Retired
T67.0XXD Heatstroke and sunstroke, subsequent encounter Retired
T67.0XXS Heatstroke and sunstroke, sequela Retired