ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T26-T28 › T28 Burn and corrosion of other internal organs › T28.1

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:

• T28.1XXA Burn of esophagus, initial encounter
• T28.1XXD Burn of esophagus, subsequent encounter
• T28.1XXS Burn of esophagus, 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 T28 Burn and corrosion of other internal organs

Seventh character required

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T28

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)

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 > esophagus
• Burn > internal organ > esophagus
• Burn > alimentary tract NEC > esophagus
• Burn > internal organ > alimentary tract > esophagus

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
T28.0	Burn of mouth and pharynx	Not billable
T28.2	Burn of other parts of alimentary tract	Not billable
T28.3	Burn of internal genitourinary organs	Not billable
T28.4	Burns of other and unspecified internal organs	Not billable
T28.5	Corrosion of mouth and pharynx	Not billable
T28.6	Corrosion of esophagus	Not billable
T28.7	Corrosion of other parts of alimentary tract	Not billable
T28.8	Corrosion of internal genitourinary organs	Not billable
T28.9	Corrosions of other and unspecified internal organs	Not billable