ICD-10-CM Code S21.2
Open wound of back 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 S21.2 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the six child codes of S21.2 that describes the diagnosis 'open wound of back wall of thorax w/o penet thoracic cavity' in more detail.
- S21.2 Open wound of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
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- S21.201 Unspecified open wound of right back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.202 Unspecified open wound of left back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.209 Unspecified open wound of unspecified back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
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- S21.211 Laceration without foreign body of right back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.212 Laceration without foreign body of left back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.219 Laceration without foreign body of unspecified back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
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- S21.221 Laceration with foreign body of right back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.222 Laceration with foreign body of left back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.229 Laceration with foreign body of unspecified back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
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- S21.231 Puncture wound without foreign body of right back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.232 Puncture wound without foreign body of left back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.239 Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
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- S21.241 Puncture wound with foreign body of right back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.242 Puncture wound with foreign body of left back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.249 Puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
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- S21.251 Open bite of right back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.252 Open bite of left back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity NON-BILLABLE
- S21.259 Open bite of unspecified back 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
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Open dislocation thoracic spine (disorder)
- Open spinal dislocation with complete thoracic cord lesion (disorder)
- Superficial laceration of back (disorder)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
Parent Code: S21 - Open wound of thorax