T22.55
T22.55 — Corrosion of first degree of shoulder
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T22.55 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for corrosion of first degree of 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
Risk adjustment
T22.55 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 T22.55
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T22.5. If T22.55 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T22.50Corrosion of first degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand unspecified site
- T22.51Corrosion of first degree of forearm
- T22.52Corrosion of first degree of elbow
- T22.53Corrosion of first degree of upper arm
- T22.54Corrosion of first degree of axilla
- T22.56Corrosion of first degree of scapular region
- T22.59Corrosion of first degree of multiple sites of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand
Questions about T22.55
- Is T22.55 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T22.55 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T22.55 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).