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ICD-10-CM Code for Hypothermia, not associated with low environmental temperature R68.0

ICD-10 code R68.0 for Hypothermia, not associated with low environmental temperature is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .

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Hypothermia, not associated with low environmental temperature
Excludes1: hypothermia NOS (accidental) (T68)
hypothermia due to anesthesia (T88.51)
hypothermia due to low environmental temperature (T68)
newborn hypothermia (P80.-)

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