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T23.20

Non-billable

Burn of second degree of hand, 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)

T23.2Burn of second degree of wrist and hand→T23.21Burn of second degree of thumb (nail)→T23.22Burn of second degree of single finger (nail) except thumb→T23.23Burn of second degree of multiple fingers (nail), not including thumb→T23.24Burn of second degree of multiple fingers (nail), including thumb→T23.25Burn of second degree of palm→T23.26Burn of second degree of back of hand→T23.27Burn of second degree of wrist→T23.29Burn of second degree of multiple sites of wrist and hand→T23.201Burn of second degree of right hand, unspecified site→T23.202Burn of second degree of left hand, unspecified site→T23.209Burn of second degree of unspecified hand, unspecified site→