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S21 Non-Billable Code

Open wound of thorax

Chapter Classification

Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

Section Detail

S20-S29 Injuries to the thorax (S20-S29)

Coding Guidelines & Notes

codeAlso
  • any associated injury, such as:
  • injury of heart (S26.-)
  • injury of intrathoracic organs (S27.-)
  • rib fracture (S22.3-, S22.4-)
  • spinal cord injury (S24.0-, S24.1-)
  • traumatic hemopneumothorax (S27.3)
  • traumatic hemothorax (S27.1)
  • traumatic pneumothorax (S27.0)
  • wound infection
excludes1
  • traumatic amputation (partial) of thorax (S28.1)
sevenChrDef
  • {'char': 'A', 'text': 'initial encounter'}
  • {'char': 'D', 'text': 'subsequent encounter'}
  • {'char': 'S', 'text': 'sequela'}
sevenChrNote
  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S21

More Specific Diagnosis Codes

This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.

  • S21.0 - Open wound of breast
  • S21.1 - Open wound of front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
  • S21.2 - Open wound of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
  • S21.3 - Open wound of front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity
  • S21.4 - Open wound of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity
  • S21.9 - Open wound of unspecified part of thorax

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