ICD-10-CM Code T22
Burn and corrosion of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand

NON-BILLABLE

Non-Billable Code

Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.

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ICD Code T22 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the eight child codes of T22 that describes the diagnosis 'burn and corrosion of shldr/up lmb, except wrist and hand' in more detail.

T22 Burn and corrosion of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand NON-BILLABLE
- T22.0 Burn of unspecified degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand NON-BILLABLE
- T22.1 Burn of first degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand NON-BILLABLE
- T22.2 Burn of second degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand NON-BILLABLE
- T22.3 Burn of third degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand NON-BILLABLE
- T22.4 Corrosion of unspecified degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand NON-BILLABLE
- T22.5 Corrosion of first degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand NON-BILLABLE
- T22.6 Corrosion of second degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand NON-BILLABLE
- T22.7 Corrosion of third degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand NON-BILLABLE

The ICD code T22 is used to code Burn

A burn is a type of injury to skin , or other tissues, caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, friction, or radiation. Burns that affect only the superficial skin layers are known as superficial or first-degree burns. When the injury extends into some of the underlying layers, it is described as a partial-thickness or second-degree burn. In a full-thickness or third-degree burn, the injury extends to all layers of the skin. A fourth-degree burn additionally involves injury to deeper tissues, such as muscle, tendons, or bone.

Specialty:	Critical Care Medicine
MeSH Codes:	D002056, D002056, D002056, D002056, D002056, D002056, D002056, D002056, D002056, D002056
ICD 9 Codes:	940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948, 949

Second-degree burn of the hand

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Coding Notes for T22 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Code Type-2 Excludes: Type-2 Excludes Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here.": Burn and corrosion of interscapular region - instead, use code T21.-; Burn and corrosion of wrist and hand - instead, use code T23.-

7th Character Extension Notes:
What is 7th Character Extension?
For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier. T67.4XXA Initial Encounter or T67.4XXD Subsequent Encounter. More Info: The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category See Code T22

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ICD-10-CM Code T22 Burn and corrosion of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand

Non-Billable Code

The ICD code T22 is used to code Burn

Coding Notes for T22 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Type-2 Excludes

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ICD-10-CM Code T22
Burn and corrosion of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand