T31.70 Burns involving 70-79% of body surface with 0% to 9% third degree burns
Instructional Notes:
T31.70 Description: Burns involving 70-79% of body surface with 0% to 9% third degree burns Inclusion Term:
Burns involving 70-79% of body surface NOS
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T31.7 Description: Burns involving 70-79% of body surface ↓
T31 Description: Burns classified according to extent of body surface involved Notes:
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.
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T30-T32 Description: Burns and corrosions of multiple and unspecified body regions (T30-T32) ↓
S00-T88 Description: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes Exclude2:
birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Notes:
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
Use Additional Code:
code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)