Exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin (W93)

• ICD-10 Index

  • External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01–Y98)

    • Exposure to electric current, radiation and extreme ambient air temperature and pressure (W85-W99)

      • Exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin (W93)

        • W93 - Exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin NON-BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.0 - Contact with or inhalation of dry ice NON-BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.01 - Contact with dry ice NON-BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.01XA - Contact with dry ice, initial encounter BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.01XD - Contact with dry ice, subsequent encounter BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.01XS - Contact with dry ice, sequela BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.02 - Inhalation of dry ice NON-BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.02XA - Inhalation of dry ice, initial encounter BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.02XD - Inhalation of dry ice, subsequent encounter BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.02XS - Inhalation of dry ice, sequela BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.1 - Contact with or inhalation of liquid air NON-BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.11 - Contact with liquid air NON-BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.11XA - Contact with liquid air, initial encounter BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.11XD - Contact with liquid air, subsequent encounter BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.11XS - Contact with liquid air, sequela BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.12 - Inhalation of liquid air NON-BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.12XA - Inhalation of liquid air, initial encounter BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.12XD - Inhalation of liquid air, subsequent encounter BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.12XS - Inhalation of liquid air, sequela BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.2 - Prolonged exposure in deep freeze unit or refrigerator NON-BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.2XXA - Prolonged exposure in deep freeze unit or refrigerator, init BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.2XXD - Prolonged exposure in deep freeze unit or refrigerator, subs BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.2XXS - Prolonged exposure in deep freeze unit or refrig, sequela BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.8 - Exposure to other excessive cold of man-made origin NON-BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.8XXA - Exposure to oth excessive cold of man-made origin, init BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.8XXD - Exposure to oth excessive cold of man-made origin, subs BILLABLE CODE
        • W93.8XXS - Exposure to other excessive cold of man-made origin, sequela BILLABLE CODE

Instructional Notations

7th Character Note 7th Character Note
Certain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. The applicable 7th character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters.

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W93

7th Character 7th Character
Indicates that a seventh character is to be assigned to codes in a subcategory.

• A - initial encounter
• D - subsequent encounter
• S - sequela