Excludes1

  • exposure to:
  • failure in dosage of radiation or temperature during surgical and medical care (Y63.2-Y63.5)
  • lightning (T75.0-)
  • natural cold (X31)
  • natural heat (X30)
  • natural radiation NOS (X39)
  • radiological procedure and radiotherapy (Y84.2)
  • sunlight (X32)
  1. W93 Exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin

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

    • A - initial encounter
    • D - subsequent encounter
    • S - sequela
    1. W93.0 Contact with or inhalation of dry ice

      1. W93.01 Contact with dry ice

      2. W93.02 Inhalation of dry ice

    2. W93.1 Contact with or inhalation of liquid air

      1. W93.11 Contact with liquid air

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Contact with liquid hydrogen
        • Contact with liquid nitrogen
      2. W93.12 Inhalation of liquid air

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Inhalation of liquid hydrogen
        • Inhalation of liquid nitrogen
    3. W93.2 Prolonged exposure in deep freeze unit or refrigerator

    4. W93.8 Exposure to other excessive cold of man-made origin

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.