Burn of unspecified degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand

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 8 more specific codes instead:

T22.00 Burn of unspecified degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand, unspecified site (also a header)
T22.01 Burn of unspecified degree of forearm (also a header)
T22.02 Burn of unspecified degree of elbow (also a header)
T22.03 Burn of unspecified degree of upper arm (also a header)
T22.04 Burn of unspecified degree of axilla (also a header)
T22.05 Burn of unspecified degree of shoulder (also a header)
T22.06 Burn of unspecified degree of scapular region (also a header)
T22.09 Burn of unspecified degree of multiple sites of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand (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 shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand

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 T22 Burn and corrosion of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T22

Excludes2 - not included here

burn and corrosion of interscapular region (T21.-)
burn and corrosion of wrist and hand (T23.-)

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
T22.1	Burn of first degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand	Not billable
T22.2	Burn of second degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand	Not billable
T22.3	Burn of third degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand	Not billable
T22.4	Corrosion of unspecified degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand	Not billable
T22.5	Corrosion of first degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand	Not billable
T22.6	Corrosion of second degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand	Not billable
T22.7	Corrosion of third degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand	Not billable