Burns involving 40-49% of body surface with 0% to 9% third degree burns
Billable / specific
T31.40 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Burns involving 40-49% of body surface NOS
Includes (from T31)
- 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.
- Note: This category is to be used as the primary code only when the site of the burn is unspecified. It should be used as a supplementary code with categories T20-T25 when the site is specified.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Burns involving 40-49% of body surface NOS
- Burn, extent, 40-49 percent
- Burn, extent, 40-49 percent, with 0-9 percent third degree burns
- Burn, unspecified site with extent of body surface involved specified, 40-49 percent
Parent code
- T31.4Burns involving 40-49% of body surfaceHeader
Related codes
- T31.41Burns involving 40-49% of body surface with 10-19% third degree burnsBillable
- T31.42Burns involving 40-49% of body surface with 20-29% third degree burnsBillable
- T31.43Burns involving 40-49% of body surface with 30-39% third degree burnsBillable
- T31.44Burns involving 40-49% of body surface with 40-49% third degree burnsBillable