ICD-10-CM Code S29.09
Other injury of muscle and tendon 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 S29.09 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of S29.09 that describes the diagnosis 'other injury of muscle and tendon of thorax' in more detail.
- 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
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S29.09 - Other injury of muscle and tendon of thorax'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S29.09. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: S29.0 - Injury of muscle and tendon at thorax level