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T24 - Burn and corrosion of lower limb, except ankle and foot


The ICD 10 Code for Burn and corrosion of lower limb, except ankle and foot is listed as T24.
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: T24
Description: Burn and corrosion of lower limb, except ankle and foot
  • Excludes2: burn and corrosion of ankle and foot (T25.-)
  • burn and corrosion of hip region (T21.-)
  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T24
  • 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 T24:
T24.0 - Burn of unspecified degree of lower limb, except ankle and foot
T24.1 - Burn of first degree of lower limb, except ankle and foot
T24.2 - Burn of second degree of lower limb, except ankle and foot
T24.3 - Burn of third degree of lower limb, except ankle and foot
T24.4 - Corrosion of unspecified degree of lower limb, except ankle and foot
T24.5 - Corrosion of first degree of lower limb, except ankle and foot
T24.6 - Corrosion of second degree of lower limb, except ankle and foot
T24.7 - Corrosion of third degree of lower limb, except ankle and foot