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ICD-10-CM Code S21.15
Open bite of front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity

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 S21.15 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of S21.15 that describes the diagnosis 'open bite of front wall of thorax w/o penet thoracic cavity' in more detail.


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

Source: Wikipedia

Coding Notes for S21.15 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

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.
Bite of front wall of thorax NOS
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."
Superficial bite of front wall of thorax - instead, use code S20.37

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S21.15 - Open bite of front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S21.15. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.


Parent Code: S21.1 - Open wound of front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity

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