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T22.359

T22.359: Burn of third degree of unspecified shoulder

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMunspecified

T22.359 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for burn of third degree of unspecified shoulder. 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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T22.359

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.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Burn›shoulder›third degree

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead T22.359

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under T22.35

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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