T20.10
Burn of first degree of head, face, and neck, unspecified site
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 8 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 5 never code together
T20code
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 4
T20.1code
S00-T88chapter
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
- The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Use additional code
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 8 same parent — T20.1
T20.11 Burn of first degree of ear [any part, except ear drum] category T20.12 Burn of first degree of lip(s) category T20.13 Burn of first degree of chin category T20.14 Burn of first degree of nose (septum) category T20.15 Burn of first degree of scalp [any part] category T20.16 Burn of first degree of forehead and cheek category T20.17 Burn of first degree of neck category T20.19 Burn of first deg mult sites of head, face, and neck category
Medications 1
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.