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ICD-10-CM Code S20.9
Superficial injury of unspecified parts of thorax

NON-BILLABLE
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-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code S20.9 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the seven child codes of S20.9 that describes the diagnosis 'superficial injury of unspecified parts of thorax' in more detail.


The ICD code S20 is used to code Bruise

A bruise, or contusion, is a type of hematoma of tissue in which capillaries and sometimes venules are damaged by trauma, allowing blood to seep, hemorrhage, or extravasate into the surrounding interstitial tissues. Bruises, which do not blanch under pressure, can involve capillaries at the level of skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle, or bone. Bruises are not to be confused with other similar-looking lesions primarily distinguished by their by their diameter or causation. These lesions include petechia (< 3 mm result from numerous and diverse etiologies such as adverse reactions from medications such as warfarin, straining, asphyxiation, platelet disorders and diseases such as cytomegalovirus), purpura (3 mm to 1 cm, classified as palpable purpura or non-palpable purpura and indicates various pathologic conditions such as thrombocytopenia), and ecchymosis (>1 cm caused blood dissecting through tissue planes and settled in an area remote from the site of trauma or pathology such as periorbital ecchymosis, i.e.,"raccoon eyes" , arising from a basilar skull fracture or from a neuroblastoma).

Specialty: Emergency Medicine
MeSH Codes: D003288, D003288, D003288, D003288, D003288
ICD 9 Codes: 920, 921, 922, 923, 924

Bruise on upper leg caused by a blunt object

Source: Wikipedia

Coding Notes for S20.9 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here."
Contusion of thorax NOS - instead, use code S20.20

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S20.9 - Superficial injury of unspecified parts of thorax'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S20.9. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.


Parent Code: S20 - Superficial injury of thorax

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