ICD-10-CM Code T26
Burn and corrosion confined to eye and adnexa
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.ICD Code T26 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the ten child codes of T26 that describes the diagnosis 'burn and corrosion confined to eye and adnexa' in more detail.
- T26 Burn and corrosion confined to eye and adnexa NON-BILLABLE
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- T26.00 Burn of unspecified eyelid and periocular area NON-BILLABLE
- T26.01 Burn of right eyelid and periocular area NON-BILLABLE
- T26.02 Burn of left eyelid and periocular area NON-BILLABLE
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- T26.10 Burn of cornea and conjunctival sac, unspecified eye NON-BILLABLE
- T26.11 Burn of cornea and conjunctival sac, right eye NON-BILLABLE
- T26.12 Burn of cornea and conjunctival sac, left eye NON-BILLABLE
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- T26.40 Burn of unspecified eye and adnexa, part unspecified NON-BILLABLE
- T26.41 Burn of right eye and adnexa, part unspecified NON-BILLABLE
- T26.42 Burn of left eye and adnexa, part unspecified NON-BILLABLE
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- T26.50 Corrosion of unspecified eyelid and periocular area NON-BILLABLE
- T26.51 Corrosion of right eyelid and periocular area NON-BILLABLE
- T26.52 Corrosion of left eyelid and periocular area NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code T26 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
Coding Notes for T26 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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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 T26