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S21.40

Non-billable

Unspecified 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 (9)

S21.4Open wound of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→S21.41Laceration without foreign body of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→S21.42Laceration with foreign body of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→S21.43Puncture wound without foreign body of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→S21.44Puncture wound with foreign body of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→S21.45Open bite of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→S21.401Unspecified open wound of right back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→S21.402Unspecified open wound of left back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→S21.409Unspecified open wound of unspecified back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity→