T20.01Burn of unspecified degree of ear [any part, except ear drum]

T20.01 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for burn of unspecified degree of ear [any part, except ear drum]. It belongs to category T20 (burn and corrosion of head, face, and neck), block T20-T25 (burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within T20.0 (burn of unspecified degree of head, face, and neck), T20.01 is specifically for burn of unspecified degree of ear [any part, except ear drum]. Related codes cover unspecified site (T20.00), lip(s) (T20.02), chin (T20.03), nose (septum) (T20.04), scalp [any part] (T20.05), forehead and cheek (T20.06), neck (T20.07) and multiple sites of head, face, and neck (T20.09).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of T20.01, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: burn of ear drum (T28.41-).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.