Programming help newb counter

or timers
you'll have to implement the setup, enable and disable of the timer.

#include <Arduino.h>

const uint8_t btn_pin = 2;
volatile uint8_t btn_flag;
volatile uint16_t btn_cntr;
const uint16_t btn_max = 10000;
const uint8_t btn_decr = 50;

void setup() {
	
	Serial.begin(9600);

	DDRB = 0;			//set port b as input
	setup_T0();

	btn_flg = 0;
	flag_btn = 0;
       btn_cntr = btn_max;

}

void loop() {
	
	// wait till pin goes high
	while (!PINB2) {}

	enable_T0()

	// wait till pin goes low
	while (PINB2) {

		if (btn_flag) {

			btn_flag = 0;
			display(btn_cntr)

		}
		
		if (btn_cntr > btn_max) {

			// btn_cntr has gone from 10000 to smaller than 0
		}

	}

	disable_T0();

}

// interrupt handler of T0, change x
ISR(TIMER0_COMPx_vect) {
	
	btn_cntr -= btn_decr;
	btn_flag = 1;

}

And according to attachInterrupt() - Arduino Reference you can attach an interrupt handler to 2 pins (i assume you use an UNO). Than you can omit the 2 while loops and just check for flag in the main loop.
You could even use the 2 compare registers of the timer and change bit of code, so everything happens in the handlers and the main loop keeps updating the display