T21.5

Non-billable

Corrosion of first degree of trunk

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)

T21.50Corrosion of first degree of trunk, unspecified siteCategory→T21.51Corrosion of first degree of chest wallCategory→T21.52Corrosion of first degree of abdominal wallCategory→T21.53Corrosion of first degree of upper backCategory→T21.54Corrosion of first degree of lower backCategory→T21.55Corrosion of first degree of buttockCategory→T21.56Corrosion of first degree of male genital regionCategory→T21.57Corrosion of first degree of female genital regionCategory→T21.59Corrosion of first degree of other site of trunkCategory→

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 T21.5

Corrosion of first degree of trunk, unspecified site

Corrosion of first degree of chest wall

Corrosion of first degree of abdominal wall

Corrosion of first degree of upper back

Corrosion of first degree of lower back

Corrosion of first degree of buttock

Corrosion of first degree of male genital region

Corrosion of first degree of female genital region

Corrosion of first degree of other site of trunk