ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Skin disorders provoked by external factors
Dermatoses provoked or exacerbated by exposure to cold
Skin or soft tissue injury due to exposure to cold
Frostbite
NE40 — Superficial frostbite
ICD-11 NE40 — Superficial frostbite
Frostbite in which injury is confined to the skin, where there may be epidermal blistering and sloughing but no significant tissue necrosis.
It includes 1 item.
- frostbite with partial-thickness skin loss
It excludes 1 item.
- Superficial frostbite involving multiple body regions (NE42)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Frostbite #27394