S20.97XA - Other superficial bite of unspecified parts of thorax, initial encounter
ICD-10-CM Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes · S20-S29 Injuries to the thorax (S20-S29) · Subcategory of S20.97 · FY2027
7th character A: initial encounter
Coding Guidance
7th character A: initial encounter.
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.
- open bite of thorax NOS (S21.95)
Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.
- contusion of thorax NOS (S20.20)
Conditions this code covers.
- injuries of breast
- injuries of chest (wall)
- injuries of interscapular area
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- effects of foreign body in bronchus (T17.5)
- effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1)
- effects of foreign body in lung (T17.8)
- effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- injuries of axilla
- injuries of clavicle
- injuries of scapular region
- injuries of shoulder
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- 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
- 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.
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