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Chapter XIX
Burns and corrosions - T20-T32
Includes:
- burns (thermal) from:
· electrical heating appliances
· electricity
· flame
· friction
· hot air and hot gases
· hot objects
· lightning
· radiation
- chemical burns [corrosions] (external)(internal)
- scalds
Excludes:
- erythema [dermatitis] ab igne ( L59.0 )
- radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue ( L55-L59 )
- sunburn ( L55.- )
T20-T25 Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site
T26-T28 Burns and corrosions confined to eye and internal organs
T29-T32 Burns and corrosions of multiple and unspecified body regions
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