Burn of unspecified degree of head, face, and neck

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

T20.00 Burn of unspecified degree of head, face, and neck, unspecified site (also a header)
T20.01 Burn of unspecified degree of ear [any part, except ear drum] (also a header)
T20.02 Burn of unspecified degree of lip(s) (also a header)
T20.03 Burn of unspecified degree of chin (also a header)
T20.04 Burn of unspecified degree of nose (septum) (also a header)
T20.05 Burn of unspecified degree of scalp [any part] (also a header)
T20.06 Burn of unspecified degree of forehead and cheek (also a header)
T20.07 Burn of unspecified degree of neck (also a header)
T20.09 Burn of unspecified degree of multiple sites of head, face, and neck (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Burn of unspecified degree of head, face, and neck

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from T20 Burn and corrosion of head, face, and neck

Seventh character required

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

Excludes2 - not included here

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)

Inherited from the T20-T25 section Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site (T20-T25)

Use additional code

code from category T31 or T32 to identify extent of body surface involved

Includes

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]

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
T20.1	Burn of first degree of head, face, and neck	Not billable
T20.2	Burn of second degree of head, face, and neck	Not billable
T20.3	Burn of third degree of head, face, and neck	Not billable
T20.4	Corrosion of unspecified degree of head, face, and neck	Not billable
T20.5	Corrosion of first degree of head, face, and neck	Not billable
T20.6	Corrosion of second degree of head, face, and neck	Not billable
T20.7	Corrosion of third degree of head, face, and neck	Not billable