ICD-10-CM Code T33.5
Superficial frostbite of wrist, hand, and fingers
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code T33.5 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of T33.5 that describes the diagnosis 'superficial frostbite of wrist, hand, and fingers' in more detail.
- T33.5 Superficial frostbite of wrist, hand, and fingers NON-BILLABLE
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- T33.511 Superficial frostbite of right wrist NON-BILLABLE
- T33.512 Superficial frostbite of left wrist NON-BILLABLE
- T33.519 Superficial frostbite of unspecified wrist NON-BILLABLE
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- T33.521 Superficial frostbite of right hand NON-BILLABLE
- T33.522 Superficial frostbite of left hand NON-BILLABLE
- T33.529 Superficial frostbite of unspecified hand NON-BILLABLE
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- T33.531 Superficial frostbite of right finger(s) NON-BILLABLE
- T33.532 Superficial frostbite of left finger(s) NON-BILLABLE
- T33.539 Superficial frostbite of unspecified finger(s) NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code T33 is used to code Aerosol burn
an aerosol burn is an injury to the skin caused by the pressurized gas within an aerosol spray cooling quickly, with the sudden drop in temperature sufficient to cause frostbite to the applied area. medical studies have noted an increase of this practice, known as "frosting", in pediatric and teenage patients.
Specialty: | Emergency Medicine |
MeSH Codes: | D005627, D005627, D005627, D005627 |
ICD 9 Codes: | 991.0, 991.1, 991.2, 991.3 |
Aerosol Frostbite to the hand
Parent Code: T33 - Superficial frostbite