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ICD-10-CM Code for Burns classified according to extent of body surface involved T31

ICD-10 code T31 for Burns classified according to extent of body surface involved is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Burns and corrosions .

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Burns classified according to extent of body surface involved
Note: This category is to be used as the primary code only when the site of the burn is unspecified. It should be used as a supplementary code with categories T20-T25 when the site is specified.
 
T31 Burns classified according to extent of body surface involved
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Burns involving less than 10% of body surface
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Burns involving 10-19% of body surface
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Burns involving 20-29% of body surface
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Burns involving 30-39% of body surface
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Burns involving 40-49% of body surface
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Burns involving 50-59% of body surface
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Burns involving 60-69% of body surface
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Burns involving 70-79% of body surface
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Burns involving 80-89% of body surface
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Burns involving 90% or more of body surface

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Burn extend coding- T31
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Burn extend coding- T31
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ICD-10 Burn Coding
Some of us at work were doing one of the ICD-10 refresher webinars offered by AAPC. We were doing the sepsis webinar and disagreed with AAPC about the answer in one of the examples; I e-mailed AAPC, ... [ Read More ]
Rules of Nines - heard of any changes
I have not heard of any changes - in fact, the ICD-10-CM guidelines, under chapter 19, section d (6) specifically state that categories T31 and T32 are based on the "classic 'rule of nines' in estimat... [ Read More ]
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