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BURNS (940-949)
Includes: burns from:
electrical heating appliance
electricity
flame
hot object
lightning
radiation
chemical burns (external) (internal)
scalds
Excludes: friction burns (910-919 with .0, .1)
sunburn (692.71, 692.76-692.77) | |
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| 941 Burn of face, head, and neck
Excludes: mouth (947.0)
The following fifth-digit subclassification is for use with category 941:
0 face and head, unspecified site
1 ear [any part]
2 eye (with other parts of face, head, and neck)
3 lip(s)
4 chin
5 nose (septum)
6 scalp [any part]
Temple (region)
7 forehead and cheek
8 neck
9 multiple sites [except with eye] of face, head, and neck |
| 942 Burn of trunk
Excludes: scapular region (943.0-943.5 with fifth-digit 6)
The following fifth-digit subclassification is for use with category 942:
0 trunk, unspecified site
1 breast
2 chest wall, excluding breast and nipple
3 abdominal wall
Flank
Groin
4 back [any part]
Buttock
Interscapular region
5 genitalia
Labium (majus) (minus)
Penis
Perineum
Scrotum
Testis
Vulva
9 other and multiple sites of trunk |
| 943 Burn of upper limb, except wrist and hand
The following fifth-digit subclassification is for use with category 943:
0 upper limb, unspecified site
1 forearm
2 elbow
3 upper arm
4 axilla
5 shoulder
6 scapular region
9 multiple sites of upper limb, except wrist and hand |
| 944 Burn of wrist(s) and hand(s)
The following fifth-digit subclassification is for use with category 944:
0 hand, unspecified site
1 single digit [finger (nail)] other than thumb
2 thumb (nail)
3 two or more digits, not including thumb
4 two or more digits including thumb
5 palm
6 back of hand
7 wrist
8 multiple sites of wrist(s) and hand(s) |
| 945 Burn of lower limb(s)
The following fifth-digit subclassification is for use with category 945:
0 lower limb [leg], unspecified site
1 toe(s) (nail)
2 foot
3 ankle
4 lower leg
5 knee
6 thigh [any part]
9 multiple sites of lower limb(s) |
| 946 Burns of multiple specified sites
Includes: burns of sites classifiable to more than one three-digit category in 940-945
Excludes: multiple burns NOS (949.0-949.5) |
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| 948 Burns classified according to extent of body surface involved
Excludes: sunburn (692.71, 692.76-692.77)
Note: This category is to be used when the site of the burn is unspecified, or with categories 940-947 when the site is specified.
The following fifth-digit subclassification is for use with category 948 to indicate the percent of body surface with third degree burn; valid digits are in [brackets] under each code:
0 less than 10 percent or unspecified
1 10-19%
2 20-29%
3 30-39%
4 40-49%
5 50-59%
6 60-69%
7 70-79%
8 80-89%
9 90% or more of body surface |
| 949 Burn, unspecified
Includes: burn NOS
multiple burns NOS
Excludes: burn of unspecified site but with statement of the extent of body surface involved (948.0-948.9) |