T68: Hypothermia
T68 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for hypothermia. 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 code T68
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
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.
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Accidental hypothermia
- Hypothermia NOS
Other codes that can never be billed with T68
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R68.0Hypothermia, not associated with low environmental temperature
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Hypothermia(accidental)
- Hypothermia›low environmental temperature
- Subnormal, subnormality›temperature(accidental)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead T68
3 child codes. Green means billable.