ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T66-T78 › T67 Effects of heat and light › T67.5
Heat exhaustion, unspecified
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:
- T67.5XXA Heat exhaustion, unspecified, initial encounter
- T67.5XXD Heat exhaustion, unspecified, subsequent encounter
- T67.5XXS Heat exhaustion, unspecified, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Heat exhaustion, unspecified
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.
- Worn out
- Heat > prostration
- Prostration > heat
- Exhaustion, exhaustive > heat
- Heat > exhaustion
- Exhaustion, exhaustive > heat
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| T67.0 | Heatstroke and sunstroke | Not billable |
| T67.1 | Heat syncope | Not billable |
| T67.2 | Heat cramp | Not billable |
| T67.3 | Heat exhaustion, anhydrotic | Not billable |
| T67.4 | Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion | Not billable |
| T67.6 | Heat fatigue, transient | Not billable |
| T67.7 | Heat edema | Not billable |
| T67.8 | Other effects of heat and light | Not billable |
| T67.9 | Effect of heat and light, unspecified | Not billable |