T23.57
T23.57 — Corrosion of first degree of wrist
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T23.57 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for corrosion of first degree of wrist. 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
T23.57 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 T23.57
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T23.5. If T23.57 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T23.50Corrosion of first degree of hand, unspecified site
- T23.51Corrosion of first degree of thumb (nail)
- T23.52Corrosion of first degree of single finger (nail) except thumb
- T23.53Corrosion of first degree of multiple fingers (nail), not including thumb
- T23.54Corrosion of first degree of multiple fingers (nail), including thumb
- T23.55Corrosion of first degree of palm
- T23.56Corrosion of first degree of back of hand
- T23.59Corrosion of first degree of multiple sites of wrist and hand
Questions about T23.57
- Is T23.57 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T23.57 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T23.57 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).