T24 Non-Billable Code

Burn and corrosion of lower limb, except ankle and foot

Chapter Classification

Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

Section Detail

T20-T25 Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site (T20-T25)

Coding Guidelines & Notes

excludes2

burn and corrosion of ankle and foot (T25.-)
burn and corrosion of hip region (T21.-)

sevenChrDef

{'char': 'A', 'text': 'initial encounter'}
{'char': 'D', 'text': 'subsequent encounter'}
{'char': 'S', 'text': 'sequela'}

sevenChrNote

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T24

More Specific Diagnosis Codes

This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.

T24.0 - Burn of unspecified degree of lower limb, except ankle and foot
T24.1 - Burn of first degree of lower limb, except ankle and foot
T24.2 - Burn of second degree of lower limb, except ankle and foot
T24.3 - Burn of third degree of lower limb, except ankle and foot
T24.4 - Corrosion of unspecified degree of lower limb, except ankle and foot
T24.5 - Corrosion of first degree of lower limb, except ankle and foot
T24.6 - Corrosion of second degree of lower limb, except ankle and foot
T24.7 - Corrosion of third degree of lower limb, except ankle and foot

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