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T23.40

Non-billable

Corrosion of unspecified 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)

T23.4Corrosion of unspecified degree of wrist and hand→T23.41Corrosion of unspecified degree of thumb (nail)→T23.42Corrosion of unspecified degree of single finger (nail) except thumb→T23.43Corrosion of unspecified degree of multiple fingers (nail), not including thumb→T23.44Corrosion of unspecified degree of multiple fingers (nail), including thumb→T23.45Corrosion of unspecified degree of palm→T23.46Corrosion of unspecified degree of back of hand→T23.47Corrosion of unspecified degree of wrist→T23.49Corrosion of unspecified degree of multiple sites of wrist and hand→T23.401Corrosion of unspecified degree of right hand, unspecified site→T23.402Corrosion of unspecified degree of left hand, unspecified site→T23.409Corrosion of unspecified degree of unspecified hand, unspecified site→