kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

S21.209A

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)
      • S21 Open wound of thorax
        • S21.2 Open wound of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
          • S21.20 Unspecified open wound of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
            • S21.209 Unspecified open wound of unspecified back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity

Long Title

S21.209A

  • Unspecified open wound of unspecified back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity 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.

Code Also

S21

  • any associated injury, such as:
  • S26 Injury of heart
  • injury of intrathoracic organs (S27.-)
    • S27 Injury of other and unspecified intrathoracic organs
  • rib fracture (S22.3-, S22.4-)
    • S22.3 Fracture of one rib
    • S22.4 Multiple fractures of ribs
  • spinal cord injury (S24.0-, S24.1-)
    • S24.0 Concussion and edema of thoracic spinal cord
    • S24.1 Other and unspecified injuries of thoracic spinal cord
  • traumatic hemopneumothorax (S27.3)
    • S27.3 Other and unspecified injuries of lung
  • S27.1 Traumatic hemothorax
  • S27.0 Traumatic pneumothorax
  • wound infection

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

S21

  • traumatic amputation (partial) of thorax (S28.1)
    • S28.1 Traumatic amputation (partial) of part of thorax, except breast

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