ICD-10-CM Code S26.9
Injury of heart, unspecified with or without hemopericardium
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code S26.9 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of S26.9 that describes the diagnosis 'injury of heart, unspecified with or without hemopericardium' in more detail.
The ICD code S26 is used to code Chest injury
A chest injury is any form of physical injury to the chest including the ribs, heart and lungs. Chest injuries account for 25% of all deaths from traumatic injury. Typically chest injuries are caused by blunt mechanisms such as motor vehicle collisions or penetrating mechanisms such as stabbings.
| Specialty: | Emergency Medicine |
| MeSH Code: | D013898 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 959.11 |
A chest X-ray of a right sided pulmonary contusion associated with flail chest and subcutaneous emphysema
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S26.9 - Injury of heart, unspecified with or without hemopericardium'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S26.9. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: S26 - Injury of heart