S23

Non-billableSave

Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of thorax

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

Coding Guidance

S23 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

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 (7)

S23.0Traumatic rupture of thoracic intervertebral discCategory→S23.1Subluxation and dislocation of thoracic vertebraCategory→S23.2Dislocation of other and unspecified parts of thoraxCategory→S23.3Sprain of ligaments of thoracic spineCategory→S23.4Sprain of ribs and sternumCategory→S23.8Sprain of other specified parts of thoraxCategory→S23.9Sprain of unspecified parts of thoraxCategory→

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 S23

Traumatic rupture of thoracic intervertebral disc

S23.0›

Subluxation and dislocation of thoracic vertebra

S23.1›

Dislocation of other and unspecified parts of thorax

S23.2›

Sprain of ligaments of thoracic spine

S23.3›

Sprain of ribs and sternum

S23.4›

Sprain of other specified parts of thorax

S23.8›

Sprain of unspecified parts of thorax

S23.9›

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