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T23.70

Non-billable

Corrosion of third 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)

T23.7Corrosion of third degree of wrist and hand→T23.71Corrosion of third degree of thumb (nail)→T23.72Corrosion of third degree of single finger (nail) except thumb→T23.73Corrosion of third degree of multiple fingers (nail), not including thumb→T23.74Corrosion of third degree of multiple fingers (nail), including thumb→T23.75Corrosion of third degree of palm→T23.76Corrosion of third degree of back of hand→T23.77Corrosion of third degree of wrist→T23.79Corrosion of third degree of multiple sites of wrist and hand→T23.701Corrosion of third degree of right hand, unspecified site→T23.702Corrosion of third degree of left hand, unspecified site→T23.709Corrosion of third degree of unspecified hand, unspecified site→