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T31

T31: Burns classified according to extent of body surface involved

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T31 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for burns classified according to extent of body surface involved. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Notes

Additional guidance from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • This category is to be used as the primary code only when the site of the burn is unspecified. It should be used as a supplementary code with categories T20-T25 when the site is specified.

Other codes that can never be billed with T31

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • T66Radiation sickness, unspecified
  • T66.XXXARadiation sickness, unspecified, initial encounter
  • T66.XXXDRadiation sickness, unspecified, subsequent encounter
  • T66.XXXSRadiation sickness, unspecified, sequela

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead T31

10 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.