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944.38 - Full-thickness Skin Loss [third Degree, Not Otherwise Specified] Of Multiple Sites Of Wrist(s) And Hand(s)


The ICD 9 Code for Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of multiple sites of wrist(s) and hand(s) is listed as 944.38.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 944.38
Long Description: Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of multiple sites of wrist(s) and hand(s)
Short Description: 3rd deg burn hand-mult
Chapter: Injury And Poisoning
Block: Burns (940-949)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: T23.399A - Burn of third degree of multiple sites of unspecified wrist and hand, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: T23.799A - Corrosion of third degree of multiple sites of unspecified wrist and hand, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 944.38:
944.30 - Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of hand, unspecified site
944.31 - Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of single digit [finger (nail)] other than thumb
944.32 - Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of thumb (nail)
944.33 - Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified]of two or more digits of hand, not including thumb
944.34 - Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of two or more digits of hand including thumb
944.35 - Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of palm of hand
944.36 - Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of back of hand
944.37 - Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of wrist