T31.98 Burns involving 90% or more of body surface with 80-89% third degree burns
Instructional Notes:
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T31.98
Description: Burns involving 90% or more of body surface with 80-89% third degree burns
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T31.9
Description: Burns involving 90% or more of body surface
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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)
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S00-T88
Description: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Exclude2:- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
- 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
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)