Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
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: code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Excludes 1: birth trauma (P10-P15)
› obstetric trauma (O70-O71)S00-S09 Injuries to the head S10-S19 Injuries to the neck S20-S29 Injuries to the thorax S30-S39 Injuries to the abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine, pelvis and external genitals S40-S49 Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm S50-S59 Injuries to the elbow and forearm S60-S69 Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers S70-S79 Injuries to the hip and thigh S80-S89 Injuries to the knee and lower leg S90-S99 Injuries to the ankle and foot T07 Injuries involving multiple body regions T14 Injury of unspecified body region T15-T19 Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice T20-T25 Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site T26-T28 Burns and corrosions confined to eye and internal organs T30-T32 Burns and corrosions of multiple and unspecified body regions T33-T34 Frostbite T36-T50 Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of drugs, medicaments and biological substances T51-T65 Toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source T66-T78 Other and unspecified effects of external causes T79 Certain early complications of trauma T80-T88 Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified
The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.