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
Use additional code
Code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Type 2 excludes
Birth trauma (P10-P15)
Obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Codes
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-T07
Injuries involving multiple body regions
T14-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 effects 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-T79
Certain early complications of trauma
T80-T88
Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified
Versions
2026
Code changed
Type 1 excludes
birth trauma (P10-P15)obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Type 2 excludes
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
2025
No changes
2024
No changes
2023
No changes
2022
No changes
2021
No changes
2020
No changes
2019
No changes
2018
No changes
2017
No changes
2016
New code