BURNS (940-949)
Includes:
burns from:
electrical heating appliance
electricity
flame
hot object
lightning
radiation
chemical burns (external) (internal)
scalds
Excludes:
friction burns (910-919) with .0, .1)
sunburn (692.71, 692.76-692.77)
942 Burn of trunk
Excludes:
scapular region (943.0-943.5 with fifth-digit 6)
The following fifth-digit subclassification is for use with category 942:
0 trunk, unspecified site
1 breast
2 chest wall, excluding breast and nipple
3 abdominal wall
Flank
Groin
4 back [any part]
Buttock
Interscapular region
5 genitalia
Labium (majus) (minus)
Penis
Perineum
Scrotum
Testis
Vulva
9 other and multiple sites of trunk

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