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ICD-10-CM Codes
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S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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T20-T25
Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site
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T22-
Burn and corrosion of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T22.421A
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T22.421A
Corrosion of unspecified degree of right elbow, initial encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- T22.421A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Corrosion of unspecified degree of right elbow, init encntr
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM T22.421A became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T22.421A - other international versions of ICD-10 T22.421A may differ.
The following code(s) above
T22.421A contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
T22.421A:
- S00-T88
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesNote- 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
Use Additional- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- T20-T25
2021 ICD-10-CM Range T20-T25
Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by siteIncludes- burns and corrosions of first degree [erythema]
- burns and corrosions of second degree [blisters][epidermal loss]
- burns and corrosions of third degree [deep necrosis of underlying tissue] [full- thickness skin loss]
Use Additional- code from category T31 or T32 to identify extent of body surface involved
- T22
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T22
Burn and corrosion of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 2 Excludes- burn and corrosion of interscapular region (T21.-)
- burn and corrosion of wrist and hand (T23.-)
- T22.4
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T22.4
Corrosion of unspecified degree of shoulder and upper limb, except wrist and hand
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Code First- (T51-T65) to identify chemical and intent
Use Additional- external cause code to identify place (Y92)
- Chemical burn of right elbow
ICD-10-CM T22.421A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
Convert T22.421A to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To T22.421A
T22.412 Corrosion of unspecified degree of left forearm
T22.419 Corrosion of unspecified degree of unspecified forearm
T22.42 Corrosion of unspecified degree of elbow
T22.421 Corrosion of unspecified degree of right elbow
T22.421A
…… initial encounter
T22.422 Corrosion of unspecified degree of left elbow
T22.429 Corrosion of unspecified degree of unspecified elbow
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
