T69.9
T69.9: Effect of reduced temperature, unspecified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T69.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for effect of reduced temperature, unspecified. 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 T69
- 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
- Congelation
- Freezing
- Frozen
- Cold›effects of
- Cold›excessive, effects of
- Cold›exposure to
- Effect, adverse›cold(temperature) (weather)
- Effect, adverse›reduced temperature
- Excess, excessive, excessively›cold, effects of
- Exposure›cold, effects of
- Temperature›cold, trauma from
- Weather, weathered›effects of›cold
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead T69.9
3 child codes. Green means billable.