T23.7
T23.7 — Corrosion of third degree of wrist and hand
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T23.7 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for corrosion of third degree of wrist and hand. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T23
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
T23.7 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead T23.7
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- T23.70Corrosion of third degree of hand, unspecified site
- T23.71Corrosion of third degree of thumb (nail)
- T23.72Corrosion of third degree of single finger (nail) except thumb
- T23.73Corrosion of third degree of multiple fingers (nail), not including thumb
- T23.74Corrosion of third degree of multiple fingers (nail), including thumb
- T23.75Corrosion of third degree of palm
- T23.76Corrosion of third degree of back of hand
- T23.77Corrosion of third degree of wrist
- T23.79Corrosion of third degree of multiple sites of wrist and hand
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T23. If T23.7 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T23.0Burn of unspecified degree of wrist and hand
- T23.1Burn of first degree of wrist and hand
- T23.2Burn of second degree of wrist and hand
- T23.3Burn of third degree of wrist and hand
- T23.4Corrosion of unspecified degree of wrist and hand
- T23.5Corrosion of first degree of wrist and hand
- T23.6Corrosion of second degree of wrist and hand
Questions about T23.7
- Is T23.7 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T23.7 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T23.7 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site (T20-T25).