kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

T25

Burn and corrosion of ankle and foot

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)
      • T25 Burn and corrosion of ankle and foot
        • T25.0 Burn of unspecified degree of ankle and foot
        • T25.1 Burn of first degree of ankle and foot
        • T25.2 Burn of second degree of ankle and foot
        • T25.3 Burn of third degree of ankle and foot
        • T25.4 Corrosion of unspecified degree of ankle and foot
        • T25.5 Corrosion of first degree of ankle and foot
        • T25.6 Corrosion of second degree of ankle and foot
        • T25.7 Corrosion of third degree of ankle and foot

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-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)