T68 Hypothermia

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Applicable to

• Accidental hypothermia
• Hypothermia NOS

Excludes1 (never code together)

• hypothermia following anesthesia (T88.51)
• hypothermia not associated with low environmental temperature (R68.0)
• hypothermia of newborn (P80.-)

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)

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code T68

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Applies from T68 Hypothermia

Applicable to

• Accidental hypothermia
• Hypothermia NOS

Excludes1 (never code together)

• hypothermia following anesthesia (T88.51)
• hypothermia not associated with low environmental temperature (R68.0)
• hypothermia of newborn (P80.-)

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)

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code T68

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Code annotations containing back-references to T68

Back-references to T68

• Type 1 Excludes: R68.0 Hypothermia, not associated with low environmental temperature ("hypothermia NOS (accidental) (T68)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R68.0 Hypothermia, not associated with low environmental temperature ("hypothermia due to low environmental temperature (T68)")

Back-references to T68

• Type 1 Excludes: R68.0 Hypothermia, not associated with low environmental temperature ("hypothermia NOS (accidental) (T68)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R68.0 Hypothermia, not associated with low environmental temperature ("hypothermia due to low environmental temperature (T68)")

Diagnosis Index entries for T68

• Hypothermia (accidental)
• Hypothermia (accidental) › low environmental temperature
• Subnormal, subnormality › temperature (accidental)

Nearby codes

• T68 Hypothermia (this code)
• T68.XXXA Hypothermia, initial encounter
• T68.XXXD Hypothermia, subsequent encounter
• T68.XXXS Hypothermia, sequela