ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › X71-X83 › X83 Intentional self-harm by other... › X83.2
Intentional self-harm by exposure to extremes of cold
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:
- X83.2XXA Intentional self-harm by exposure to extremes of cold, initial encounter
- X83.2XXD Intentional self-harm by exposure to extremes of cold, subsequent encounter
- X83.2XXS Intentional self-harm by exposure to extremes of cold, 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 Intentional self-harm by exposure to extremes of cold
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 X83 Intentional self-harm by other specified means
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X83
Excludes1 - never coded here
- intentional self-harm by poisoning or contact with toxic substance- See Table of Drugs and Chemicals
Inherited from the X71-X83 section Intentional self-harm (X71-X83)
Also known as
- Purposely self-inflicted injury
- Suicide (attempted)
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
- Felo-de-se
- Exhaustion > cold
- Low > temperature
- Overexposure > cold
- Cold, exposure to NEC
- Contact > with > dry ice
- Effect of > cold, excessive
- Exposure > excessive > cold
- Self-harm NEC > intentional
- Contact > with > liquefied gas
- Self-inflicted NEC > intentional
- Accident > caused by, due to > cold
- Frostbite > due to man-made conditions
- Contact > with > liquid air, hydrogen, nitrogen
- Killed, killing NOS > self > stated as > suicide
- Overexposure > cold > due to man-made conditions
- Inhalation > excessively cold substance, man-made
- Crash > transport vehicle NEC > motor NEC > suicide
- Collision NEC > transport vehicle NEC > intentional, purposeful suicide
- Exposure > cold > self-inflicted
- Suicide, suicidal > cold, extreme
- Inhalation > liquid air, hydrogen, nitrogen > suicide
- Exposure > cold > due to > man-made conditions > suicide
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| X83.0 | Intentional self-harm by crashing of aircraft | Not billable |
| X83.1 | Intentional self-harm by electrocution | Not billable |
| X83.8 | Intentional self-harm by other specified means | Not billable |