Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site (T20-T25)
T20: Burn and corrosion of head, face, and neck

excludes2
burn and corrosion of ear drum (T28.41, T28.91)
burn and corrosion of eye and adnexa (T26.-)
burn and corrosion of mouth and pharynx (T28.0)

sevenChrNote
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T20

sevenChrDef
A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela
T20.0: Burn of unspecified degree of head, face, and neck
T20.1: Burn of first degree of head, face, and neck
T20.2: Burn of second degree of head, face, and neck
T20.3: Burn of third degree of head, face, and neck
T20.4: Corrosion of unspecified degree of head, face, and neck
T20.5: Corrosion of first degree of head, face, and neck
T20.6: Corrosion of second degree of head, face, and neck
T20.7: Corrosion of third degree of head, face, and neck

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