AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1988 Fourth Quarter

Burns Classified According to Extent of Body Surface Involved, 948

When should category 948, Burns classified according to the extent of body surface involved, be used as the principal diagnosis? Category 948 should only be used as the principal diagnosis when the site of the burn is not specified. The site of the burn should be sequenced first (940-947) when it is known. Category 948 would be used as a secondary code to describe the extent of body surface involved. In category 948, codes 948.0-948.9 provide the percentage range for the extent of body surface burned. The fifth-digit subclassification is used to indicate the percentage of total...

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