W93

The ICD-10-CM code for exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin is W93. The full clinical description is "Exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin". W93 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code W93 represents “Exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin”. It is classified under Chapter 21: External Causes of Morbidity and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, W93 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 4 child codes under W93.

W93 is in Chapter 21: External Causes of Morbidity (codes V00-Y99).

W93 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: exposure to:; failure in dosage of radiation or temperature during surgical and medical care (Y63.2-Y63.5); lightning (T75.0-); and 5 more.

W93 has 4 child codes, including: W93.0 (Contact with or inhalation of dry ice), W93.1 (Contact with or inhalation of liquid air), W93.2 (Prolonged exposure in deep freeze unit or refrigerator), W93.8 (Exposure to other excessive cold of man-made origin).

W93 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0479553. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

W93 maps to the ICD-11 code: PB16 (Unintentional exposure to excessive cold).