2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 944.36
Full-thickness skin loss [third degree, not otherwise specified] of back of hand
- 2014
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- Short description: 3 deg burn back of hand.
- ICD-9-CM 944.36 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 944.36 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
- You are viewing the 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 944.36.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 944.36: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
944.36 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM T23.369A Burn of third degree of back of unspecified hand, initial encounter
Or:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM T23.769A Corrosion of third degree back of unspecified hand, initial encounter
Approximate Synonyms
- Third degree burn of back of left hand
- Third degree burn of back of right hand
- Third degree chemical burn of back of left hand
- Third degree chemical burn of back of right hand
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
944.36:
- Burn (acid) (cathode ray) (caustic) (chemical) (electric heating appliance) (electricity) (fire) (flame) (hot liquid or object) (irradiation) (lime) (radiation) (steam) (thermal) (x-ray) 949.0
hand(s) (phalanges) (and wrist) 944.00
first degree 
