ICD-10-CM code "T21.21": Burn of second degree of chest wall (2024)

Overview

Excludes

  1. Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

    Type 1birth trauma (P10-P15)

    Type 1obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

  2. Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site (T20-T25)
  3. Burn and corrosion of trunk (T21)

    Type 2burns and corrosion of axilla (T22.- with fifth character 4)

    Type 2burns and corrosion of scapular region (T22.- with fifth character 6)

    Type 2burns and corrosion of shoulder (T22.- with fifth character 5)

  4. Burn of second degree of trunk (T21.2)
  5. Burn of second degree of chest wall (T21.21)

Includes

  1. Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  2. Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site (T20-T25)

    Includesburns and corrosions of first degree [erythema]

    Includesburns and corrosions of second degree [blisters][epidermal loss]

    Includesburns and corrosions of third degree [deep necrosis of underlying tissue] [full- thickness skin loss]

  3. Burn and corrosion of trunk (T21)

    Includesburns and corrosion of hip region

  4. Burn of second degree of trunk (T21.2)
  5. Burn of second degree of chest wall (T21.21)