T23.0
Burn of unspecified degree of wrist and hand
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 7 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 2 never code together
7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 4
T23.0code
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 filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Alongside this code 7 same parent — T23
T23.1 Burn of first degree of wrist and hand category T23.2 Burn of second degree of wrist and hand category T23.3 Burn of third degree of wrist and hand category T23.4 Corrosion of unspecified degree of wrist and hand category T23.5 Corrosion of first degree of wrist and hand category T23.6 Corrosion of second degree of wrist and hand category T23.7 Corrosion of third degree of wrist and hand category
Subordinate codes 9
T23.00 Burn of unspecified degree of hand, unspecified site T23.01 Burn of unspecified degree of thumb (nail) T23.02 Burn of unsp degree of single finger (nail) except thumb T23.03 Burn of unsp deg mult fingers (nail), not including thumb T23.04 Burn of unsp deg mult fingers (nail), including thumb T23.05 Burn of unspecified degree of palm T23.06 Burn of unspecified degree of back of hand T23.07 Burn of unspecified degree of wrist T23.09 Burn of unsp degree of multiple sites of wrist and hand
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