ICD-11 classes
22 Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of...
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 #17130