T30

Burn and corrosion, body region unspecified

Non-billable header

T30 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes

  • Note: Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
  • Note: The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More specific codes T30

  • T30.0Burn of unspecified body region, unspecified degreeBillable
  • T30.4Corrosion of unspecified body region, unspecified degreeBillable

Related codes

  • T31Burns classified according to extent of body surface involvedHeader
  • T32Corrosions classified according to extent of body surface involvedHeader

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