ICD-10-CM Code for Hypothermia T68

ICD-10 code T68 for Hypothermia is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .

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Hypothermia
Accidental hypothermia
Hypothermia NOS
Use additional code to identify source of exposure:
Exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin (W93)
Exposure to excessive cold of natural origin (X31)
Excludes1: hypothermia following anesthesia (T88.51)
hypothermia not associated with low environmental temperature (R68.0)
hypothermia of newborn (P80.-)
Excludes2: frostbite (T33-T34)
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