T20.7

Non-billable

Corrosion of third degree of head, face, and neck

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 (9)

T20.70Corrosion of third degree of head, face, and neck, unspecified siteCategory→T20.71Corrosion of third degree of ear [any part, except ear drum]Category→T20.72Corrosion of third degree of lip(s)Category→T20.73Corrosion of third degree of chinCategory→T20.74Corrosion of third degree of nose (septum)Category→T20.75Corrosion of third degree of scalp [any part]Category→T20.76Corrosion of third degree of forehead and cheekCategory→T20.77Corrosion of third degree of neckCategory→T20.79Corrosion of third degree of multiple sites of head, face, and neckCategory→

Chapter Information

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

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for T20.7

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

Corrosion of third degree of ear [any part, except ear drum]

Corrosion of third degree of lip(s)

Corrosion of third degree of chin

Corrosion of third degree of nose (septum)

Corrosion of third degree of scalp [any part]

Corrosion of third degree of forehead and cheek

Corrosion of third degree of neck

Corrosion of third degree of multiple sites of head, face, and neck