Burns classified according to extent of body surface involved

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 10 more specific codes instead:

T31.0 Burns involving less than 10% of body surface
T31.1 Burns involving 10-19% of body surface (also a header)
T31.2 Burns involving 20-29% of body surface (also a header)
T31.3 Burns involving 30-39% of body surface (also a header)
T31.4 Burns involving 40-49% of body surface (also a header)
T31.5 Burns involving 50-59% of body surface (also a header)
T31.6 Burns involving 60-69% of body surface (also a header)
T31.7 Burns involving 70-79% of body surface (also a header)
T31.8 Burns involving 80-89% of body surface (also a header)
T31.9 Burns involving 90% or more of body surface (also a header)

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 Burns classified according to extent of body surface involved

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

Note

This category is to be used as the primary code only when the site of the burn is unspecified. It should be used as a supplementary code with categories T20-T25 when the site is specified.