T69.02 Immersion foot

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applicable to

• Trench foot

Applies from T69 Other effects of reduced temperature

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 each code from category T69

7th character required

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

Codes under T69.02

• T69.021 Immersion foot, right foot
• T69.022 Immersion foot, left foot
• T69.029 Immersion foot, unspecified foot

Code annotations containing back-references to T69.02

Back-references to T69.0

• Type 2 Excludes: I73 Other peripheral vascular diseases ("immersion hand or foot (T69.0-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for T69.02

• Immersion › foot
• Maceration, wet feet, tropical (syndrome)
• Stasis › foot
• Syndrome › tropical wet feet
• Syndrome › wet › feet (maceration) (tropical)

Nearby codes

• T69.012S Immersion hand, left hand, sequela
• T69.019 Immersion hand, unspecified hand
• T69.019A Immersion hand, unspecified hand, initial encounter
• T69.019D Immersion hand, unspecified hand, subsequent encounter
• T69.019S Immersion hand, unspecified hand, sequela
• T69.02 Immersion foot (this code)
• T69.021 Immersion foot, right foot
• T69.021A Immersion foot, right foot, initial encounter
• T69.021D Immersion foot, right foot, subsequent encounter
• T69.021S Immersion foot, right foot, sequela
• T69.022 Immersion foot, left foot