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S21.211A - Laceration without foreign body of right back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity, 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 S21.211 · FY2027

7th character A: initial encounter

Coding Guidance

7th character A: initial encounter.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S21

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • traumatic amputation (partial) of thorax (S28.1)
Code AlsoFrom S21

Report an additional code when both conditions apply.

  • any associated injury, such as:
  • injury of heart (S26.-)
  • injury of intrathoracic organs (S27.-)
  • rib fracture (S22.3-, S22.4-)
  • spinal cord injury (S24.0-, S24.1-)
  • traumatic hemopneumothorax (S27.3)
  • traumatic hemothorax (S27.1)
  • traumatic pneumothorax (S27.0)
  • wound infection
IncludesFrom S20-S29 Injuries to the thorax (S20-S29)

Conditions this code covers.

  • injuries of breast
  • injuries of chest (wall)
  • injuries of interscapular area
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom S20-S29 Injuries to the thorax (S20-S29)

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)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter S00-T88

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

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

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.-)
NotesFrom Chapter S00-T88

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.