944.38 - Full-thickness Skin Loss [third Degree, Not Otherwise Specified] Of Multiple Sites Of Wrist(s) And Hand(s)
The ICD 9 Code for
Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of multiple sites of wrist(s) and hand(s) is listed as
944.38. Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field |
Value |
| Diagnosis Code: |
944.38 |
| Long Description: |
Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of multiple sites of wrist(s) and hand(s) |
| Short Description: |
3rd deg burn hand-mult |
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| Chapter: |
Injury And Poisoning |
| Block: |
Burns (940-949) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): |
|---|
| ICD-10-CM Code: |
T23.399A - Burn of third degree of multiple sites of unspecified wrist and hand, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: |
T23.799A - Corrosion of third degree of multiple sites of unspecified wrist and hand, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 944.38: |
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| 944.30 - Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of hand, unspecified site |
| 944.31 - Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of single digit [finger (nail)] other than thumb |
| 944.32 - Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of thumb (nail) |
| 944.33 - Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified]of two or more digits of hand, not including thumb |
| 944.34 - Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of two or more digits of hand including thumb |
| 944.35 - Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of palm of hand |
| 944.36 - Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of back of hand |
| 944.37 - Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of wrist |
