ICD-10-CM Code S21.15
Open bite of front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
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 S21.15 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
Coding Notes for S21.15 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. - Bite of front wall of thorax NOS
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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