Section
S21.031
Puncture wound without foreign body of right breast
Hierarchy
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S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Notes
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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
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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.
Code Also
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any associated injury, such as:
- S26 Injury of heart
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injury of intrathoracic organs (S27.-)
- S27 Injury of other and unspecified intrathoracic organs
- rib fracture (S22.3-, S22.4-)
- spinal cord injury (S24.0-, S24.1-)
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traumatic hemopneumothorax (S27.3)
- S27.3 Other and unspecified injuries of lung
- S27.1 Traumatic hemothorax
- S27.0 Traumatic pneumothorax
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wound infection
Use Additional
Includes
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injuries of breast
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injuries of chest (wall)
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injuries of interscapular area
Excludes 1
Excludes 2
- T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
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effects of foreign body in bronchus (T17.5)
- T17.5 Foreign body in bronchus
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effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1)
- T18.1 Foreign body in esophagus
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effects of foreign body in lung (T17.8)
- T17.8 Foreign body in other parts of respiratory tract
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effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4)
- T17.4 Foreign body in trachea
- T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
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injuries of axilla
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injuries of clavicle
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injuries of scapular region
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injuries of shoulder
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insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
- T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods