ICD-10-CM Code S29
Other and unspecified injuries of thorax
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 S29 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of S29 that describes the diagnosis 'other and unspecified injuries of thorax' in more detail.
- S29 Other and unspecified injuries of thorax NON-BILLABLE
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- S29.00 Unspecified injury of muscle and tendon of thorax NON-BILLABLE
- S29.01 Strain of muscle and tendon of thorax NON-BILLABLE
- S29.02 Laceration of muscle and tendon of thorax NON-BILLABLE
- S29.09 Other injury of muscle and tendon of thorax NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code S29 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 S29 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Also Note:
Code Also
A Code Also note indicates that two or more codes may be required to fully describe a condition, but the order of codes is at the coder's discretion. Code order depends on the severity of the conditions and the reason for the encounter. - Any associated open wound See code S21.-
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7th Character Extension Notes:
What is 7th Character Extension?
For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier. T67.4XXA Initial Encounter or T67.4XXD Subsequent Encounter. More Info - The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category See Code S29
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S29 - Other and unspecified injuries of thorax'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S29. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.