kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

T27

Burn and corrosion of respiratory tract

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • T26-T28 Burns and corrosions confined to eye and internal organs (T26-T28)
      • T27 Burn and corrosion of respiratory tract
        • T27.0 Burn of larynx and trachea
        • T27.1 Burn involving larynx and trachea with lung
        • T27.2 Burn of other parts of respiratory tract
        • T27.3 Burn of respiratory tract, part unspecified
        • T27.4 Corrosion of larynx and trachea
        • T27.5 Corrosion involving larynx and trachea with lung
        • T27.6 Corrosion of other parts of respiratory tract
        • T27.7 Corrosion of respiratory tract, part unspecified

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

T27

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

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)