ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T20-T25 › T22.0 Burn of unspecified degree of... › T22.01
Burn of unspecified degree of forearm
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- T22.011 Burn of unspecified degree of right forearm (also a header)
- T22.012 Burn of unspecified degree of left forearm (also a header)
- T22.019 Burn of unspecified degree of unspecified forearm (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 forearm
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 |
|---|---|---|
| T22.00 | Burn of unspecified degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand, unspecified site | Not billable |
| T22.02 | Burn of unspecified degree of elbow | Not billable |
| T22.03 | Burn of unspecified degree of upper arm | Not billable |
| T22.04 | Burn of unspecified degree of axilla | Not billable |
| T22.05 | Burn of unspecified degree of shoulder | Not billable |
| T22.06 | Burn of unspecified degree of scapular region | Not billable |
| T22.09 | Burn of unspecified degree of multiple sites of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand | Not billable |