ICD-10-CM Code S25.2
Injury of superior vena cava
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 S25.2 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of S25.2 that describes the diagnosis 'injury of superior vena cava' in more detail.
- S25.2 Injury of superior vena cava NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code S25 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 Codes: | D013898, D013898 |
| ICD 9 Codes: | 959.11, 959.11 |
A chest X-ray of a right sided pulmonary contusion associated with flail chest and subcutaneous emphysema
Coding Notes for S25.2 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. - Injury of vena cava NOS
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S25.2 - Injury of superior vena cava'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S25.2. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: S25 - Injury of blood vessels of thorax