T69.8 Other specified effects of reduced temperature

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

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

Diagnosis Index entries for T69.8

• Chapping skin
• Cold › effects of › specified effect NEC
• Cold › excessive, effects of › specified effect NEC
• Cold › exhaustion from
• Cold › exposure to › specified effect NEC
• Effect, adverse › cold (temperature) (weather) › specified effect NEC
• Effect, adverse › reduced temperature › specified effect NEC
• Excess, excessive, excessively › cold, effects of › specified effect NEC
• Exhaustion, exhaustive (physical NEC) › due to › cold
• Exposure (to) › cold, effects of › specified effect NEC
• Temperature › cold, trauma from › specified effect NEC
• Weather, weathered › effects of › cold › specified effect NEC

Nearby codes

• T69.029S Immersion foot, unspecified foot, sequela
• T69.1 Chilblains
• T69.1XXA Chilblains, initial encounter
• T69.1XXD Chilblains, subsequent encounter
• T69.1XXS Chilblains, sequela
• T69.8 Other specified effects of reduced temperature (this code)
• T69.8XXA Other specified effects of reduced temperature, initial encounter
• T69.8XXD Other specified effects of reduced temperature, subsequent encounter
• T69.8XXS Other specified effects of reduced temperature, sequela
• T69.9 Effect of reduced temperature, unspecified
• T69.9XXA Effect of reduced temperature, unspecified, initial encounter