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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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2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S20.179
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S20.179
Other superficial bite of breast, unspecified breast
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S20.179 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM S20.179 became effective on October 1, 2021.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S20.179 - other international versions of ICD-10 S20.179 may differ.
The following code(s) above
S20.179 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
S20.179:
- S00-T88
2022 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.-)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - S20-S29
2022 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)
Injuries to the thorax - S20.17
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S20.17
Other superficial bite of breast
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Other superficial bite of breast
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
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S20.179
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
S20.179
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
S20.211 Contusion of right 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.