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FY2027

T31.0 — Burns involving less than 10% of body surface

Billable

Is T31.0 billable?

Yes — T31.0 is billable for FY2027. T31.0 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. T31.0 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

T31.0 at a glance

CodeT31.0
DescriptionBurns involving less than 10% of body surface
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does T31.0 group to?

T31.0 sits in MDC 22 and helps define the logic of 1 MS-DRG (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.

  • 935Non-Extensive Burnsmedical

How is T31.0 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to T31.0. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Burn › extent › less than 10 percent (electricity) (flame) (hot gas, liquid or hot object) (radiation) (steam) (thermal)
  • Burn › unspecified site with extent of body surface involved specified › less than 10 percent (electricity) (flame) (hot gas, liquid or hot object) (radiation) (steam) (thermal)

Use additional code — inherited from Chapter 19

Report an additional code alongside T31.0 to fully describe the condition. T31.0 is sequenced first.

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 19

The conditions below are not part of T31.0, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, T31.0 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

How long has T31.0 existed?

T31.0 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.

Which conditions are coded to T31.0?

What other codes are in the T31 family? (9)