T22.31
T22.31 — Burn of third degree of forearm
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T22.31 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for burn of third degree of forearm. 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
T22.31 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 T22.31
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T22.3. If T22.31 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T22.30Burn of third degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand, unspecified site
- T22.32Burn of third degree of elbow
- T22.33Burn of third degree of upper arm
- T22.34Burn of third degree of axilla
- T22.35Burn of third degree of shoulder
- T22.36Burn of third degree of scapular region
- T22.39Burn of third degree of multiple sites of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand
Questions about T22.31
- Is T22.31 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T22.31 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T22.31 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).