T22
T22 — Burn and corrosion of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T22 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for burn and corrosion of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T22
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
T22 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead T22
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- T22.0Burn of unspecified degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand
- T22.1Burn of first degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand
- T22.2Burn of second degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand
- T22.3Burn of third degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand
- T22.4Corrosion of unspecified degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand
- T22.5Corrosion of first degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand
- T22.6Corrosion of second degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand
- T22.7Corrosion of third degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand
Questions about T22
- Is T22 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T22 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T22 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site (T20-T25).