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P80.0

P80.0: Cold injury syndrome

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P80.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for cold injury syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check P80.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • mild hypothermia of newborn (P80.8)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Severe and usually chronic hypothermia associated with a pink flushed appearance, edema and neurological and biochemical abnormalities.

Other codes that can never be billed with P80.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • R68.0Hypothermia, not associated with low environmental temperature
  • T68Hypothermia
  • T68.XXXAHypothermia, initial encounter
  • T68.XXXDHypothermia, subsequent encounter
  • T68.XXXSHypothermia, sequela

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Cold›injury syndrome(newborn)
  • Syndrome›cold injury(newborn)
  • Hypothermia›neonatal›severe(chronic) (cold injury syndrome)
  • Temperature›cold, trauma from›newborn

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under P80

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.