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T20 - Burn and corrosion of head, face, and neck


The ICD 10 Code for Burn and corrosion of head, face, and neck is listed as T20.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: T20
Description: Burn and corrosion of head, face, and neck
  • Excludes2: burn and corrosion of ear drum (T28.41, T28.91)
  • burn and corrosion of eye and adnexa (T26.-)
  • burn and corrosion of mouth and pharynx (T28.0)
  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T20
  • A - initial encounter
  • D - subsequent encounter
  • S - sequela
Chapter Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of T20:
T20.0 - Burn of unspecified degree of head, face, and neck
T20.1 - Burn of first degree of head, face, and neck
T20.2 - Burn of second degree of head, face, and neck
T20.3 - Burn of third degree of head, face, and neck
T20.4 - Corrosion of unspecified degree of head, face, and neck
T20.5 - Corrosion of first degree of head, face, and neck
T20.6 - Corrosion of second degree of head, face, and neck
T20.7 - Corrosion of third degree of head, face, and neck