Exposure to excessive natural cold
Requires 7th character
X31 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- Note: This chapter permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used secondary to a code from another chapter of the Classification indicating the nature of the condition. Most often, the condition will be classifiable to Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88). Other conditions that may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters I to XVIII. For these conditions, codes from Chapter 20 should be used to provide additional information as to the cause of the condition.
Applicable to
- Excessive cold as the cause of chilblains NOS
- Excessive cold as the cause of immersion foot or hand
- Exposure to cold NOS
- Exposure to weather conditions
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
7th character
This code requires a 7th character. Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.
| Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
Also known as
- Excessive cold as the cause of chilblains NOS
- Excessive cold as the cause of immersion foot or hand
- Exposure to cold NOS
- Exposure to weather conditions
- Exposure, cold
- Exposure, cold, due to weather
- Forces of nature, cold
- Frostbite
- Immersion, hand or foot due to cold
- Overexposure, cold
More specific codes X31
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- X36Avalanche, landslide and other earth movementsNeeds 7th char
- X37Cataclysmic stormNeeds 7th char
- X38FloodNeeds 7th char
- X39Exposure to other forces of natureNeeds 7th char