T34.6
T34.6 — Frostbite with tissue necrosis of hip and thigh
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T34.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for frostbite with tissue necrosis of hip and thigh. 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
T34.6 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead T34.6
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T34. If T34.6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T34.0Frostbite with tissue necrosis of head
- T34.1Frostbite with tissue necrosis of neck
- T34.2Frostbite with tissue necrosis of thorax
- 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)
- T34.7Frostbite 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
Questions about T34.6
- Is T34.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T34.6 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T34.6 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Frostbite (T33-T34).