T68

The ICD-10-CM code for hypothermia is T68. The full clinical description is "Hypothermia". T68 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code T68 represents “Hypothermia”. It is classified under Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, T68 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 3 child codes under T68.

T68 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

T68 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: birth trauma (P10-P15); obstetric trauma (O70-O71); hypothermia following anesthesia (T88.51); and 2 more.

T68 has 3 child codes, including: T68.XXXA (Hypothermia, initial encounter), T68.XXXD (Hypothermia, subsequent encounter), T68.XXXS (Hypothermia, sequela).

Yes, when using T68, also report: any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-); source of exposure:; Exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin (W93); Exposure to excessive cold of natural origin (X31).

T68 is linked to 2 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0020672, C0274285. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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T68 maps to the ICD-11 code: NF02 (Hypothermia).