T20.6
Corrosion of second degree of head, face, and neck
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Hierarchy
Where T20.6 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.
- T20 Parent Burn and corrosion of head, face, and neck
- T20.6 This code Corrosion of second degree of head, face, and neck
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.
Excludes2
burn and corrosion of ear drum ( T28.41 , T28.91 )
Inherited from T20 — Burn and corrosion of head, face, and neck
Code First
(T51-T65) to identify chemical and intent
Use Additional Code
external cause code to identify place ( Y92 )
More Specific Codes
9 codes under T20.6
- T20.60 Corrosion of second degree of head, face, and neck, unspecified site Has subcodes
- T20.61 Corrosion of second degree of ear [any part, except ear drum] Has subcodes
- T20.62 Corrosion of second degree of lip(s) Has subcodes
- T20.63 Corrosion of second degree of chin Has subcodes
- T20.64 Corrosion of second degree of nose (septum) Has subcodes
- T20.65 Corrosion of second degree of scalp [any part] Has subcodes
- T20.66 Corrosion of second degree of forehead and cheek Has subcodes
- T20.67 Corrosion of second degree of neck Has subcodes
- T20.69 Corrosion of second degree of multiple sites of head, face, and neck Has subcodes
Version History
How T20.6 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentCorrosion of second degree of head, face, and neck
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedCorrosion of second degree of head, face, and neck
Related Codes
Other codes under T20
- 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
- T20.7 Corrosion of third degree of head, face, and neck
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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