kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

S20.379A

initial encounter

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Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • S20-S29 Injuries to the thorax (S20-S29)
      • S20 Superficial injury of thorax
        • S20.3 Other and unspecified superficial injuries of front wall of thorax
          • S20.37 Other superficial bite of front wall of thorax
            • S20.379 Other superficial bite of unspecified front wall of thorax

Long Title

S20.379A

  • Other superficial bite of unspecified front wall of thorax initial encounter

Notes

S00-T88

  • Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
  • The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Use Additional

S00-T88

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
    • Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Includes

S20-S29

  • injuries of breast
  • injuries of chest (wall)
  • injuries of interscapular area

Excludes 1

S20.37

  • open bite of front wall of thorax (S21.14)
    • S21.14 Puncture wound with foreign body of front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity

S00-T88

  • P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes 2

S20-S29

  • T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • effects of foreign body in bronchus (T17.5)
    • T17.5 Foreign body in bronchus
  • effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1)
    • T18.1 Foreign body in esophagus
  • effects of foreign body in lung (T17.8)
    • T17.8 Foreign body in other parts of respiratory tract
  • effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4)
    • T17.4 Foreign body in trachea
  • T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
  • injuries of axilla
  • injuries of clavicle
  • injuries of scapular region
  • injuries of shoulder
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
    • T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods