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S21.30

Non-billable

Unspecified open wound of front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity

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 (9)

S21.3Open wound of front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→S21.31Laceration without foreign body of front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→S21.32Laceration with foreign body of front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→S21.33Puncture wound without foreign body of front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→S21.34Puncture wound with foreign body of front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→S21.35Open bite of front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→S21.301Unspecified open wound of right front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→S21.302Unspecified open wound of left front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→S21.309Unspecified open wound of unspecified front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→