T33.99
T33.99: Superficial frostbite of other sites
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T33.99 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for superficial frostbite of other sites. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T33
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Superficial frostbite of leg NOS
- Superficial frostbite of trunk NOS
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Frostbite›leg
- Frostbite›specified site NEC
- Frostbite›trunk
- Frostbite›limb›lower
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead T33.99
3 child codes. Green means billable.