T31.9

Burns involving 90% or more of body surface

Non-billable header

T31.9 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

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.

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

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

T31.90Burns involving 90% or more of body surface with 0% to 9% third degree burnsBillable
T31.91Burns involving 90% or more of body surface with 10-19% third degree burnsBillable
T31.92Burns involving 90% or more of body surface with 20-29% third degree burnsBillable
T31.93Burns involving 90% or more of body surface with 30-39% third degree burnsBillable
T31.94Burns involving 90% or more of body surface with 40-49% third degree burnsBillable
T31.95Burns involving 90% or more of body surface with 50-59% third degree burnsBillable
T31.96Burns involving 90% or more of body surface with 60-69% third degree burnsBillable
T31.97Burns involving 90% or more of body surface with 70-79% third degree burnsBillable
T31.98Burns involving 90% or more of body surface with 80-89% third degree burnsBillable
T31.99Burns involving 90% or more of body surface with 90% or more third degree burnsBillable