Section
T25.712
Corrosion of third degree of left ankle
Hierarchy
Notes
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Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
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The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Code First
Use Additional
Includes
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burns and corrosions of first degree [erythema]
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burns and corrosions of second degree [blisters][epidermal loss]
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burns and corrosions of third degree [deep necrosis of underlying tissue] [full- thickness skin loss]