S27

Non-billableSave

Injury of other and unspecified intrathoracic organs

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

Coding Guidance

S27 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 (9)

S27.0Traumatic pneumothoraxCategory→S27.1Traumatic hemothoraxCategory→S27.2Traumatic hemopneumothoraxCategory→S27.3Other and unspecified injuries of lungCategory→S27.4Injury of bronchusCategory→S27.5Injury of thoracic tracheaCategory→S27.6Injury of pleuraCategory→S27.8Injury of other specified intrathoracic organsCategory→S27.9Injury of unspecified intrathoracic organCategory→

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 S27

Traumatic pneumothorax

S27.0›

Traumatic hemothorax

S27.1›

Traumatic hemopneumothorax

S27.2›

Other and unspecified injuries of lung

S27.3›

Injury of bronchus

S27.4›

Injury of thoracic trachea

S27.5›

Injury of pleura

S27.6›

Injury of other specified intrathoracic organs

S27.8›

Injury of unspecified intrathoracic organ

S27.9›

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