S26.022 - Major laceration of heart with hemopericardium
ICD-10-CM Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes · S20-S29 Injuries to the thorax (S20-S29) · Subcategory of S26.02 · FY2027
Coding Guidance
S26.022 requires a 7th character. Report the code below that matches the documentation, for example A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter, S for sequela.
Inclusion terms listed under S26.022 in the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- Laceration of heart with penetration of multiple heart chambers
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S26
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
Report an additional code when both conditions apply.
- any associated:
- open wound of thorax (S21.-)
- traumatic hemopneumothorax (S27.2)
- traumatic hemothorax (S27.1)
- traumatic pneumothorax (S27.0)
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.
More specific codes for S26.022
Codes at the same level as S26.022