kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

T30

Burn and corrosion, body region unspecified

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • T30-T32 Burns and corrosions of multiple and unspecified body regions (T30-T32)
      • T30 Burn and corrosion, body region unspecified
        • T30.0 Burn of unspecified body region, unspecified degree
        • T30.4 Corrosion of unspecified body region, unspecified degree

Notes

S00-T88

  • 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
  • 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.

Use Additional

S00-T88

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
    • Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Excludes 1

S00-T88

  • P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)