T34.52
T34.52: Frostbite with tissue necrosis of hand
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T34.52 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for frostbite with tissue necrosis of hand. 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
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- frostbite with tissue necrosis of finger(s) (T34.53-)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead T34.52
3 child codes. Green means billable.