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Burns: depth, same site, healing and infection
Official text from the FY2027 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. The wording is quoted exactly.
Guidelines I.C.19.d
“Burns are classified by depth as first degree (erythema), second degree (blistering), and third degree (full-thickness involvement).”
“Classify burns of the same anatomic site and on the same side but of different degrees to the subcategory identifying the highest degree recorded in the diagnosis”
“Non-healing burns are coded as acute burns.”
“For any documented infected burn site, use an additional code for the infection.”
“When coding burns, assign separate codes for each burn site.”
Where this applies
T20–T25
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