Alphabetic Index FY2027

T69.019A

Immersion hand, unspecified hand, initial encounter

FY2027Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes/T66–T78 Other and unspecified effects of external causes

BillableComplete code, valid to report

T69.019A (also written T69019A) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for immersion hand, unspecified hand, initial encounter. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. It is one of the 27 codes in category T69 (Other effects of reduced temperature). Its 7th character, A, means initial encounter. Its coding notes include a Use additional code instruction, a Code also instruction and 3 Excludes2 entries.

7th character

Category T69 requires a 7th character.

Assembled code T69.019A Open code

Guidelines tip

From the FY2027 Official Guidelines. ICD10Ref adds no rules of its own.

The 7th character depends on whether the patient is in active treatment, not on who sees the patient. An aftercare Z code is not used for injury aftercare.

Guidelines I.C.19.aInjuries: application of 7th charactersRead the official text

Use additional code

Add the listed code as a secondary code, if known.

Inherited from T69 Other effects of reduced temperature
  • code to identify source of exposure:
    • Exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin (W93)
    • Exposure to excessive cold of natural origin (X31)
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

Code also

Two codes may be needed to describe the condition. This note gives no sequencing order.

Also from chapter/block level (6 notes)
Inherited from T66–T78 Other and unspecified effects of external causes
  • , if applicable, place of occurrence, such as:
    • highway rest stop (Y92.523)
    • school (private) (public) (state) as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.21-)
    • service areas as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.52-)
    • single-family non-institutional (private) house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.01-)
    • transport vehicle as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.81-)

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Inherited from T69 Other effects of reduced temperature
Also from chapter/block level (2 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
  • birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Notes

Also from chapter/block level (2 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
  • Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
  • The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.