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ICD-10-CM Code S21.42
Laceration with foreign body of back wall of thorax with 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 S21.42 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of S21.42 that describes the diagnosis 'lac w fb of back wall of thorax w 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

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ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S21.42 - Laceration with foreign body of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S21.42. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.


Parent Code: S21.4 - Open wound of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity

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