All ICD10 Codes

T68

Billable
ChapterS00–T88
Rankcategory
Official Description

Hypothermia

Metadata & Insights
  • •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • •Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88).

CH19 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
Use Additional Code
  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

T66-T78 Parent Instructions

Code Also
  • , if applicable, place of occurrence, such as:
  • highway rest stop (Y92.523)
  • school (private) (public) (state) as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.21-)
  • service areas as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.52-)
  • single-family non-institutional (private) house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.01-)
  • transport vehicle as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.81-)

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Accidental hypothermia
  • Hypothermia NOS
Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
  • hypothermia following anesthesia (T88.51)
  • hypothermia not associated with low environmental temperature (R68.0)
  • hypothermia of newborn (P80.-)
Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
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)

Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH19Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
T66-T78Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)
T68HypothermiaBillable
T68.XXXAHypothermia, initial encounterBillable
T68.XXXDHypothermia, subsequent encounterBillable
T68.XXXSHypothermia, sequelaBillable

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to T68:

blockT66-T78
Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)
View context instructions
chapterCH19
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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