The 25-year-old flanker has been out since the end of November with shoulder damage but is set to return.
"I think I'll be available for selection. I need to have a chat with [coach] Warren Gatland and the medics early next week to decide what's the best thing to do," Warburton said.
"We have a chance to win three Six Nations in a row and create history."
Warburton's lack of game time while recovering from his injury means he may play a match for his regional team Cardiff Blues before taking part in the Six Nations.
But the return to fitness of their skipper will give Wales a boost as they seek their third successive Six Nations title, a feat never accomplished by any side in the tournament's history.
"We always look forward to the Six Nations, it's what you're measured on. It's the one we always look forward to," Warburton said.
"This is my fifth championship now and I love playing in them."
Wales will be without Ospreys forward Ryan Jones, who led Wales in Warburton's injury absence during part of last year's campaign, because of injury.
They will also be without Lions centre Jonathan Davies for most of the tournament because of a shoulder injury, while prop Gethin Jenkins remains an injury doubt
After facing Italy in the Millennium Stadium, Wales travel to Ireland the following weekend.
Gatland's men then face France at the Millennium Stadium on 21 February in a Friday night match, before rounding off their campaign in March away to England and then against Scotland in Cardiff.
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