S21.4

Non-billable

Open wound of back 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 (6)

S21.40Unspecified open wound of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavityCategory→S21.41Laceration without foreign body of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavityCategory→S21.42Laceration with foreign body of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavityCategory→S21.43Puncture wound without foreign body of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavityCategory→S21.44Puncture wound with foreign body of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavityCategory→S21.45Open bite of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavityCategory→

Chapter Information

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

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S21.4

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

Laceration without foreign body of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity

Laceration with foreign body of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity

Puncture wound without foreign body of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity

Puncture wound with foreign body of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity

Open bite of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity