T33.70

Non-billable

Superficial frostbite of unspecified knee and lower leg

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (6)

T33.7Superficial frostbite of knee and lower legCategory→T33.71Superficial frostbite of right knee and lower legCategory→T33.72Superficial frostbite of left knee and lower legCategory→T33.70XASuperficial frostbite of unspecified knee and lower leg (initial encounter)Billable→T33.70XDSuperficial frostbite of unspecified knee and lower leg (subsequent encounter)Billable→T33.70XSSuperficial frostbite of unspecified knee and lower leg (sequela)Billable→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for T33.70

Superficial frostbite of knee and lower leg

Superficial frostbite of right knee and lower leg

Superficial frostbite of left knee and lower leg

Superficial frostbite of unspecified knee and lower leg (initial encounter)

Superficial frostbite of unspecified knee and lower leg (subsequent encounter)

Superficial frostbite of unspecified knee and lower leg (sequela)