Section
S20-S29
Injuries to the thorax (S20-S29)
Hierarchy
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S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
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S20-S29 Injuries to the thorax (S20-S29)
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S20 Superficial injury of thorax
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S21 Open wound of thorax
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S22 Fracture of rib(s), sternum and thoracic spine
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S23 Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of thorax
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S24 Injury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level
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S25 Injury of blood vessels of thorax
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S26 Injury of heart
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S27 Injury of other and unspecified intrathoracic organs
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S28 Crushing injury of thorax, and traumatic amputation of part of thorax
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S29 Other and unspecified injuries of thorax
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Notes
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Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
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The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Use Additional
Includes
S20-S29
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injuries of breast
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injuries of chest (wall)
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injuries of interscapular area
Excludes 1
Excludes 2
S20-S29
- T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
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effects of foreign body in bronchus (T17.5)
- T17.5 Foreign body in bronchus
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effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1)
- T18.1 Foreign body in esophagus
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effects of foreign body in lung (T17.8)
- T17.8 Foreign body in other parts of respiratory tract
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effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4)
- T17.4 Foreign body in trachea
- T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
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injuries of axilla
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injuries of clavicle
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injuries of scapular region
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injuries of shoulder
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insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
- T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods