ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T66-T78 › T69 Other effects of reduced temperature › T69.0
Immersion hand and foot
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 2 more specific codes instead:
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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Immersion hand and foot
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 T69 Other effects of reduced temperature
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T69
Excludes2 - not included here
- frostbite (T33-T34)
Use additional code
- code to identify source of exposure:
- Exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin (W93)
- Exposure to excessive cold of natural origin (X31)
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-)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| T69.1 | Chilblains | Not billable |
| T69.8 | Other specified effects of reduced temperature | Not billable |
| T69.9 | Effect of reduced temperature, unspecified | Not billable |