OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL CAUSES (990-995)
992 Effects of heat and light
Excludes:
burns (940.0-949.5)
diseases of sweat glands due to heat (705.0-705.9)
malignant hyperpyrexia following anesthesia (995.86)
sunburn (692.71, 692.76-692.77)
Heat apoplexy
Heat pyrexia
Ictus solaris
Siriasis
Thermoplegia
Use additional code(s) to identify any associated complication of heat stroke, such as:
alterations of consciousness (780.01-780.09)
systemic inflammatory response syndrome (995.93-995.94)
Heat collapse
Heat prostration due to water depletion
Excludes:
that associated with salt depletion (992.4)
Heat prostration due to salt (and water) depletion

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