T21

Non-billableSave

Burn and corrosion of trunk

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Coding Guidance

T21 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

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

More Specific Codes (8)

T21.0Burn of unspecified degree of trunkCategory→T21.1Burn of first degree of trunkCategory→T21.2Burn of second degree of trunkCategory→T21.3Burn of third degree of trunkCategory→T21.4Corrosion of unspecified degree of trunkCategory→T21.5Corrosion of first degree of trunkCategory→T21.6Corrosion of second degree of trunkCategory→T21.7Corrosion of third degree of trunkCategory→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for T21

Burn of unspecified degree of trunk

T21.0›

Burn of first degree of trunk

T21.1›

Burn of second degree of trunk

T21.2›

Burn of third degree of trunk

T21.3›

Corrosion of unspecified degree of trunk

T21.4›

Corrosion of first degree of trunk

T21.5›

Corrosion of second degree of trunk

T21.6›

Corrosion of third degree of trunk

T21.7›

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