Burn and corrosion of respiratory tract

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:

T27.0 Burn of larynx and trachea (also a header)
T27.1 Burn involving larynx and trachea with lung (also a header)
T27.2 Burn of other parts of respiratory tract (also a header)
T27.3 Burn of respiratory tract, part unspecified (also a header)
T27.4 Corrosion of larynx and trachea (also a header)
T27.5 Corrosion involving larynx and trachea with lung (also a header)
T27.6 Corrosion of other parts of respiratory tract (also a header)
T27.7 Corrosion of respiratory tract, part unspecified (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 and corrosion of respiratory tract

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.

This code

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T27

Use additional code

external cause code to identify the source and intent of the burn (X00-X19, X75-X77, X96-X98)
external cause code to identify place (Y92)