P80.0 Cold injury syndrome

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Severe and usually chronic hypothermia associated with a pink flushed appearance, edema and neurological and biochemical abnormalities.

Excludes1 (never code together)

• mild hypothermia of newborn (P80.8)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 794 in MDC 15.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 778.2 Cold injury syndrome of newborn

Code annotations containing back-references to P80.0

Back-references to P80

• Type 1 Excludes: R68.0 Hypothermia, not associated with low environmental temperature ("newborn hypothermia (P80.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: T68 Hypothermia ("hypothermia of newborn (P80.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for P80.0

• Cold › injury syndrome (newborn)
• Hypothermia (accidental) › neonatal › severe (chronic) (cold injury syndrome)
• Syndrome › cold injury (newborn)
• Temperature › cold, trauma from › newborn

Nearby codes

• P80 Hypothermia of newborn
• P80.0 Cold injury syndrome (this code)
• P80.8 Other hypothermia of newborn
• P80.9 Hypothermia of newborn, unspecified