ICD-10 diagnosis code

T68 Hypothermia

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T68 is the ICD-10 code for Hypothermia. It is a three-character category that is not subdivided further. It belongs to the block T66–T78 (Other and unspecified effects of external causes) in Chapter XIX, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Code type
Category (3 characters)
Chapter
XIX · S00–T98
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What T68 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Accidental hypothermia

What T68 excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

  • frostbite T33-T35
  • hypothermia (of):
    • following anaesthesia T88.5
    • newborn P80.-
    • not associated with low environmental temperature R68.0

T68 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

T68Hypotermi

  • T68.9Hypotermi
NorwayICD-10-NO

T68Hypotermi

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DT68Påvirkning af nedsat temperatur

  • DT689Accidentel hypotermi
FinlandICD-10-FI

T68Hypotermia

GermanyICD-10-GM

T68Hypothermie

FranceICD-10-FR

T68Hypothermie

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

T68hypothermie

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • T68.XXXAHypothermia, initial encounter
  • T68.XXXDHypothermia, subsequent encounter
  • T68.XXXSHypothermia, sequela

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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