Chapter 19
S00–T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Use additional code
Add the listed code as a secondary code, if known.
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- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
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- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Notes
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- 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.
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- S00–S09Injuries to the head
- S10–S19Injuries to the neck
- S20–S29Injuries to the thorax
- S30–S39Injuries to the abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine, pelvis and external genitals
- S40–S49Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm
- S50–S59Injuries to the elbow and forearm
- S60–S69Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers
- S70–S79Injuries to the hip and thigh
- S80–S89Injuries to the knee and lower leg
- S90–S99Injuries to the ankle and foot
- T07–T88Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
- T07Injuries involving multiple body regions
- T14Injury of unspecified body region
- T15–T19Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice
- T20–T32Burns and corrosions
- T20–T25Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site
- T26–T28Burns and corrosions confined to eye and internal organs
- T30–T32Burns and corrosions of multiple and unspecified body regions
- T33–T34Frostbite
- T36–T50Poisoning by, adverse effects of and underdosing of drugs, medicaments and biological substances
- T51–T65Toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source
- T66–T78Other and unspecified effects of external causes
- T79Certain early complications of trauma
- T80–T88Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified