T20.219Burn of second degree of unspecified ear [any part, except ear drum]

T20.219 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for burn of second degree of unspecified 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 T20.21, choose T20.219 (unspecified ear [any part, except ear drum]) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: right ear [any part, except ear drum] (T20.211) and left ear [any part, except ear drum] (T20.212).

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.

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