T34.2
T34.2: Frostbite with tissue necrosis of thorax
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T34.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for frostbite with tissue necrosis of thorax. 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 T34
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Frostbite›thorax›with tissue necrosis
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead T34.2
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under T34
- T34.0Frostbite with tissue necrosis of head
- T34.1Frostbite with tissue necrosis of neck
- T34.3Frostbite with tissue necrosis of abdominal wall, lower back and pelvis
- T34.4Frostbite with tissue necrosis of arm
- T34.5Frostbite with tissue necrosis of wrist, hand, and finger(s)
- T34.6Frostbite with tissue necrosis of hip and thigh
- T34.7Frostbite with tissue necrosis of knee and lower leg
- T34.8Frostbite with tissue necrosis of ankle, foot, and toe(s)
- T34.9Frostbite with tissue necrosis of other and unspecified sites