T23.15
T23.15 — Burn of first degree of palm
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T23.15 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for burn of first degree of palm. 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
T23.15 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 T23.15
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T23.1. If T23.15 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T23.10Burn of first degree of hand, unspecified site
- T23.11Burn of first degree of thumb (nail)
- T23.12Burn of first degree of single finger (nail) except thumb
- T23.13Burn of first degree of multiple fingers (nail), not including thumb
- T23.14Burn of first degree of multiple fingers (nail), including thumb
- T23.16Burn of first degree of back of hand
- T23.17Burn of first degree of wrist
- T23.19Burn of first degree of multiple sites of wrist and hand
Questions about T23.15
- Is T23.15 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T23.15 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T23.15 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).