ICD-10-CM Codes
S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
T30-T32 Burns and corrosions of multiple and unspecified body regions
T31- Burns classified according to extent of body surface involved
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T31.72

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T31.72

Burns involving 70-79% of body surface with 20-29% third degree burns

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Billable/Specific Code

T31.72 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Short description: Burns of 70-79% of body surface w 20-29% third degree burns
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM T31.72 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T31.72 - other international versions of ICD-10 T31.72 may differ.

The following code(s) above T31.72 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 T31.72:

S00-T88
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Note
- 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
Type 1 Excludes
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Use Additional
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
T31
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T31
Burns classified according to extent of body surface involved
Note
- This category is to be used as the primary code only when the site of the burn is unspecified. It should be used as a supplementary code with categories T20-T25 when the site is specified.
Burns classified according to extent of body surface involved

Approximate Synonyms

Burn injury
Burn involving 70-79 percent of body surface, with 20-29 percent of body surface with full thickness burn

ICD-10-CM T31.72 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

927 Extensive burns or full thickness burns with mv >96 hours with skin graft
933 Extensive burns or full thickness burns with mv >96 hours without skin graft

Convert T31.72 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to T31.72:

Burn (electricity) (flame) (hot gas, liquid or hot object) (radiation) (steam) (thermal) T30.0
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T30.0
Burn of unspecified body region, unspecified degree
Applicable To
This code is not for inpatient use. Code to specified site and degree of burns
Burn NOS
Multiple burns NOS
- extent (percentage of body surface)
  - 70-79 percent T31.70
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T31.70
    Burns involving 70-79% of body surface with 0% to 9% third degree burns
    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
    Applicable To
    Burns involving 70-79% of body surface NOS
    - with 20-29 percent third degree burns T31.72
- unspecified site with extent of body surface involved specified
  - 70-79 percent (0-9 percent third degree) T31.70
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T31.70
    Burns involving 70-79% of body surface with 0% to 9% third degree burns
    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
    Applicable To
    Burns involving 70-79% of body surface NOS
    - with
      - 20-29 percent third degree T31.72

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To T31.72

T31.60 …… with 0% to 9% third degree burns

T31.61 …… with 10-19% third degree burns

T31.62 …… with 20-29% third degree burns

T31.63 …… with 30-39% third degree burns

T31.64 …… with 40-49% third degree burns

T31.65 …… with 50-59% third degree burns

T31.66 …… with 60-69% third degree burns

T31.7 Burns involving 70-79% of body surface

T31.70 …… with 0% to 9% third degree burns

T31.71 …… with 10-19% third degree burns

T31.72 …… with 20-29% third degree burns

T31.73 …… with 30-39% third degree burns

T31.74 …… with 40-49% third degree burns

T31.75 …… with 50-59% third degree burns

T31.76 …… with 60-69% third degree burns

T31.77 …… with 70-79% third degree burns

T31.8 Burns involving 80-89% of body surface

T31.80 …… with 0% to 9% third degree burns

T31.81 …… with 10-19% third degree burns

T31.82 …… with 20-29% third degree burns

T31.83 …… with 30-39% third degree burns

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T31.72

Burns involving 70-79% of body surface with 20-29% third degree burns

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Burns classified according to extent of body surface involved

Burn of unspecified body region, unspecified degree

Burns involving 70-79% of body surface with 0% to 9% third degree burns

Burns involving 70-79% of body surface with 0% to 9% third degree burns