ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T20-T25 › T23.07 Burn of unspecified degree of wrist › T23.071

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 3 more specific codes instead:

• T23.071A Burn of unspecified degree of right wrist, initial encounter
• T23.071D Burn of unspecified degree of right wrist, subsequent encounter
• T23.071S Burn of unspecified degree of right wrist, sequela

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

What has happened to this code

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 T23 Burn and corrosion of wrist and hand

Seventh character required

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

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

• Burn > limb > upper
• Burn > trunk > axilla
• Burn > upper limb > wrist
• Burn > wrist > right

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
T23.072	Burn of unspecified degree of left wrist	Not billable
T23.079	Burn of unspecified degree of unspecified wrist	Not billable