S00-T88 - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

ICD-10-CM Chapter 19 · 24 sections · 171 categories · 54,325 codes · FY2027

Covers injuries, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes including fractures, burns, and toxic effects.

Chapter Notes

Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter S00-T88

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Use Additional CodeFrom Chapter S00-T88

Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
NotesFrom Chapter S00-T88

Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • 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.

Categories in this Chapter (171)

S00-S09Injuries to the head (S00-S09)(10)

S10-S19Injuries to the neck (S10-S19)(9)

S20-S29Injuries to the thorax (S20-S29)(10)

S30-S39Injuries to the abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine, pelvis and external genitals (S30-S39)(10)

S40-S49Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm (S40-S49)(10)

S50-S59Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)(10)

S60-S69Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)(10)

S70-S79Injuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79)(10)

S80-S89Injuries to the knee and lower leg (S80-S89)(10)

S90-S99Injuries to the ankle and foot (S90-S99)(10)

T07Injuries involving multiple body regions (T07)(1)

T14Injury of unspecified body region (T14)(1)

T15-T19Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19)(5)

T20-T25Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site (T20-T25)(6)

T26-T28Burns and corrosions confined to eye and internal organs (T26-T28)(3)

T30-T32Burns and corrosions of multiple and unspecified body regions (T30-T32)(3)

T33-T34Frostbite (T33-T34)(2)

T36-T50Poisoning by, adverse effects of and underdosing of drugs, medicaments and biological substances (T36-T50)(15)

T51-T65Toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source (T51-T65)(15)

T66-T78Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)(11)

T79Certain early complications of trauma (T79)(1)

T80-T88Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88)(9)