ICD-10-CM Code S21.1
Open wound of front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
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 S21.1 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the six child codes of S21.1 that describes the diagnosis 'open wound of front wall of thorax w/o penet thoracic cavity' in more detail.
- S21.1 Open wound of front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
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- S21.101 Unspecified open wound of right front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.102 Unspecified open wound of left front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.109 Unspecified open wound of unspecified front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
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- S21.111 Laceration without foreign body of right front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.112 Laceration without foreign body of left front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.119 Laceration without foreign body of unspecified front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
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- S21.121 Laceration with foreign body of right front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.122 Laceration with foreign body of left front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.129 Laceration with foreign body of unspecified front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
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- S21.131 Puncture wound without foreign body of right front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.132 Puncture wound without foreign body of left front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.139 Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
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- S21.141 Puncture wound with foreign body of right front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.142 Puncture wound with foreign body of left front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.149 Puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
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- S21.151 Open bite of right front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.152 Open bite of left front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.159 Open bite of unspecified front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code S21 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
Coding Notes for S21.1 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Inclusion Terms:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive. - Open wound of chest without penetration into thoracic cavity
Parent Code: S21 - Open wound of thorax