kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

T20.33XS

sequela

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Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • T20-T25 Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site (T20-T25)
      • T20 Burn and corrosion of head, face, and neck
        • T20.3 Burn of third degree of head, face, and neck
          • T20.33 Burn of third degree of chin

Long Title

T20.33XS

  • Burn of third degree of chin sequela

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

T20.3

  • external cause code to identify the source, place and intent of the burn (X00-X19, X75-X77, X96-X98, Y92)
    • Y92 Place of occurrence of the external cause

T20-T25

  • code from category T31 or T32 to identify extent of body surface involved

S00-T88

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

Includes

T20-T25

  • burns and corrosions of first degree [erythema]
  • burns and corrosions of second degree [blisters][epidermal loss]
  • burns and corrosions of third degree [deep necrosis of underlying tissue] [full- thickness skin loss]

Excludes 1

S00-T88

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

Excludes 2

T20

  • burn and corrosion of ear drum (T28.41, T28.91)
  • burn and corrosion of eye and adnexa (T26.-)
    • T26 Burn and corrosion confined to eye and adnexa
  • burn and corrosion of mouth and pharynx (T28.0)
    • T28.0 Burn of mouth and pharynx