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T20.30

Non-billable

Burn of third degree of head, face, and neck, unspecified site

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

  • birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (12)

T20.3Burn of third degree of head, face, and neck→T20.31Burn of third degree of ear [any part, except ear drum]→T20.32Burn of third degree of lip(s)→T20.33Burn of third degree of chin→T20.34Burn of third degree of nose (septum)→T20.35Burn of third degree of scalp [any part]→T20.36Burn of third degree of forehead and cheek→T20.37Burn of third degree of neck→T20.39Burn of third degree of multiple sites of head, face, and neck→T20.30XABurn of third degree of head, face, and neck, unspecified site (initial encounter)→T20.30XDBurn of third degree of head, face, and neck, unspecified site (subsequent encounter)→T20.30XSBurn of third degree of head, face, and neck, unspecified site (sequela)→