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ICD-10-CM Codes
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S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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S20-S29
Injuries to the thorax
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Superficial injury of thorax
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S20.172S
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S20.172S
Other superficial bite of breast, left breast, sequela
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code POA Exempt
- S20.172S is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S20.172S became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S20.172S - other international versions of ICD-10 S20.172S may differ.
The following code(s) above
S20.172S contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
S20.172S:
- S00-T88
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesNote- 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
Use Additional- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- S20-S29
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S20-S29
Injuries to the thoraxIncludes- injuries of breast
- injuries of chest (wall)
- injuries of interscapular area
Type 2 Excludes- 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)
- S20.17
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S20.17
Other superficial bite of breast
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
POA Help
"Present On Admission" is defined as present at the time the order for inpatient admission occurs — conditions that develop during an outpatient encounter, including emergency department, observation, or outpatient surgery, are considered POA.
- S20.172S is considered exempt from POA reporting.
ICD-10-CM S20.172S is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 604 Trauma to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast with mcc
- 605 Trauma to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast without mcc
Convert S20.172S to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S20.172S
S20.17 Other superficial bite of breast
S20.171 Other superficial bite of breast, right breast
S20.172 Other superficial bite of breast, left breast
S20.172S
…… sequela
S20.179 Other superficial bite of breast, unspecified breast
S20.2 Contusion of thorax
S20.20 Contusion of thorax, unspecified
S20.21 Contusion of front wall of thorax
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
