Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

Note:
Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Use additional
code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Excludes 1:
birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Burns and corrosions confined to eye and internal organs (T26-T28)

T26 Burn and corrosion confined to eye and adnexa [+]
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T26
A - initial encounter
D - subsequent encounter
S - sequela
T27 Burn and corrosion of respiratory tract [+]
Use additional external cause code to identify the source and intent of the burn (X00-X19, X75-X77, X96-X98)
Use additional external cause code to identify place (Y92)
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T27
A - initial encounter
D - subsequent encounter
S - sequela
T28 Burn and corrosion of other internal organs [+]
Use additional external cause code to identify the source and intent of the burn (X00-X19, X75-X77, X96-X98)
Use additional external cause code to identify place (Y92)
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T28
A - initial encounter
D - subsequent encounter
S - sequela

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