T24.212

T24.212: Burn of second degree of left thigh

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft

T24.212 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for burn of second degree of left thigh. 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 T24

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T24.212

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on T24: Burn and corrosion of lower limb, except ankle and foot

burn and corrosion of ankle and foot (T25.-)
burn and corrosion of hip region (T21.-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Burn›thigh›left›second degree

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead T24.212

3 child codes. Green means billable.