T22.3

T22.3: Burn of third degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T22.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for burn of third degree 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

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T22.3

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on T22: Burn and corrosion of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand

burn and corrosion of interscapular region (T21.-)
burn and corrosion of wrist and hand (T23.-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead T22.3

8 child codes. Green means billable.