Catalog
Frostbite
No MMS code
Link to WHO Definition
Frostbite – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/152692065
Frostbite is injury from ice formation within tissues resulting from contact with cold air, liquids or metals. It is most commonly due to excessive exposure of skin to sub-zero environmental temperatures. The risk of injury is exacerbated by wind. The most commonly affected sites are fingers, toes, ears, nose, cheeks and chin with injury limited to skin and soft tissues. Full thickness skin necrosis and injury to deeper structures including muscles and bone may occur with prolonged exposure to cold.
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Children
- Sequelae of frostbite, not elsewhere classified
- Unspecified frostbite of face
- NE41 Frostbite with tissue necrosis
- Sequelae of frostbite of head or neck
- NE40 Superficial frostbite
- NE42 Frostbite involving multiple body regions
- Sequelae of frostbite of eye
- Unspecified frostbite of arm
- Unspecified frostbite of abdominal wall
- Unspecified frostbite of head
- Unspecified frostbite of leg
- Sequelae of unspecified frostbite of lower limb
- Unspecified frostbite of trunk, not elsewhere classified
- Unspecified frostbite of neck
- Unspecified frostbite of pelvis
- Sequelae of unspecified frostbite of thorax, abdomen, lower back and pelvis
- Unspecified frostbite of thorax