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S20.30

Non-billable

Unspecified superficial injuries of front wall of thorax

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

  • birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (12)

S20.3Other and unspecified superficial injuries of front wall of thorax→S20.31Abrasion of front wall of thorax→S20.32Blister (nonthermal) of front wall of thorax→S20.34External constriction of front wall of thorax→S20.35Superficial foreign body of front wall of thorax→S20.36Insect bite (nonvenomous) of front wall of thorax→S20.37Other superficial bite of front wall of thorax→S20.301Unspecified superficial injuries of right front wall of thorax→S20.302Unspecified superficial injuries of left front wall of thorax→S20.303Unspecified superficial injuries of bilateral front wall of thorax→S20.304Unspecified superficial injuries of middle front wall of thorax→S20.309Unspecified superficial injuries of unspecified front wall of thorax→