Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM

T26 › T26.3 › T26.30

T26.30XD Burns of other specified parts of unspecified eye and adnexa, subsequent encounter

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7th character D: subsequent encounter

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Instructional notes

Chapter 19

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
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  • 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.

T26

7th charactersThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T26
  • A initial encounter
  • D subsequent encounter
  • S sequela

T26.3

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Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes · T07-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (T07-T88)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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