T23
T23 — Burn and corrosion of wrist and hand
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T23 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for burn and corrosion of 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 T23
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
T23 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 T23
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- T23.0Burn of unspecified degree of wrist and hand
- T23.1Burn of first degree of wrist and hand
- T23.2Burn of second degree of wrist and hand
- T23.3Burn of third degree of wrist and hand
- T23.4Corrosion of unspecified degree of wrist and hand
- T23.5Corrosion of first degree of wrist and hand
- T23.6Corrosion of second degree of wrist and hand
- T23.7Corrosion of third degree of wrist and hand
Questions about T23
- Is T23 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T23 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T23 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).