ICD-10-CM code "T22.40": Corrosion of unspecified degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand, unspecified site (2024)

Overview

ICD-10 CodeT22.40
DescriptionCorrosion of unspecified degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand, unspecified site
Hierarchy
  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)
  3. Burn and corrosion of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand (T22)
  4. Corrosion of unspecified degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand (T22.4)
  5. Corrosion of unspecified degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand, unspecified site (T22.40)
Billable statusICD-10-CM Billable code

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 shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand (T22)

    Type 2burn and corrosion of interscapular region (T21.-)

    Type 2burn and corrosion of wrist and hand (T23.-)

  4. Corrosion of unspecified degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand (T22.4)
  5. Corrosion of unspecified degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand, unspecified site (T22.40)

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 shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand (T22)
  4. Corrosion of unspecified degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand (T22.4)
  5. Corrosion of unspecified degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand, unspecified site (T22.40)