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T20Burn and corrosion of head, face, and neck

ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site (T20-T25)

Code Details

Billable	No — use a more specific child code
Chapter	Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Section	Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site (T20-T25)

Valid 7th Characters

A	initial encounter
D	subsequent encounter
S	sequela

Coding Notes

Excludes2 (not part of this condition — may code both)

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

7th Character Note

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T20

Subcategories (8)

T20.0 Burn of unspecified degree of head, face, and neck
T20.1 Burn of first degree of head, face, and neck
T20.2 Burn of second degree of head, face, and neck
T20.3 Burn of third degree of head, face, and neck
T20.4 Corrosion of unspecified degree of head, face, and neck
T20.5 Corrosion of first degree of head, face, and neck
T20.6 Corrosion of second degree of head, face, and neck
T20.7 Corrosion of third degree of head, face, and neck

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