Instruction Source: T31.0
Burns involving less than 10% of body surface
Instruction Source: T31
Burns classified according to extent of body surface involved
Clinical 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.
Instruction Source: T30-T32
Burns and corrosions of multiple and unspecified body regions (T30-T32)
Instruction Source: S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Clinical 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