S21.23ICD-10-CM 2027
Puncture wound without foreign body of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
Child codes
S21.231– Puncture wound without foreign body of right back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavityS21.232– Puncture wound without foreign body of left back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavityS21.239– Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
Sibling codes
S21.20– Unspecified open wound of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavityS21.21– Laceration without foreign body of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavityS21.22– Laceration with foreign body of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavityS21.24– Puncture wound with foreign body of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavityS21.25– Open bite of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
Inherited from S21: Open wound of thorax
7th character
- A = initial encounter
- D = subsequent encounter
- S = sequela
7th character note
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category
S21
Code also
Excludes1
- traumatic amputation (partial) of thorax (
S28.1)
Part of: S21.2: Open wound of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity › S21: Open wound of thorax