T34.2

The ICD-10-CM code for frostbite with tissue necrosis of thorax is T34.2. The full clinical description is "Frostbite with tissue necrosis of thorax". T34.2 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code T34.2 represents “Frostbite with tissue necrosis of thorax”. 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, T34.2 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 T34.2.

T34.2 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

T34.2 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: birth trauma (P10-P15); obstetric trauma (O70-O71).

T34.2 has 3 child codes, including: T34.2XXA (Frostbite with tissue necrosis of thorax, initial encounter), T34.2XXD (Frostbite with tissue necrosis of thorax, subs encntr), T34.2XXS (Frostbite with tissue necrosis of thorax, sequela).

Yes, when using T34.2, also report: any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-).

T34.2 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0348849. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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T34.2 maps to the ICD-11 code: NE41 (Frostbite with tissue necrosis).