Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

ICD-10-CM 2027 chapter 19 contains 24 code blocks with 41,187 billable codes.

Code blocks

BlockTitleBillable
S00-S09Injuries to the head1,934
S10-S19Injuries to the neck1,074
S20-S29Injuries to the thorax1,602
S30-S39Injuries to the abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine, pelvis and external genitals2,679
S40-S49Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm2,730
S50-S59Injuries to the elbow and forearm4,362
S60-S69Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers5,118
S70-S79Injuries to the hip and thigh3,546
S80-S89Injuries to the knee and lower leg4,680
S90-S99Injuries to the ankle and foot3,324
T07-T88Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes0
T07Injuries involving multiple body regions (T07)3
T14Injury of unspecified body region (T14)9
T15-T19Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice261
T20-T32Burns and corrosions0
T20-T25Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site2,304
T26-T28Burns and corrosions confined to eye and internal organs168
T30-T32Burns and corrosions of multiple and unspecified body regions112
T33-T34Frostbite222
T36-T50Poisoning by, adverse effects of and underdosing of drugs, medicaments and biological substances3,186
T51-T65Toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source1,680
T66-T78Other and unspecified effects of external causes456
T79Certain early complications of trauma (T79)54
T80-T88Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified1,683

Chapter notes

Excludes2 (not included here):
Use additional code:
  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Notes:
  • 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
  • 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.