ICD-10-CM Codes
S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
S20-S29 Injuries to the thorax
S20- Superficial injury of thorax

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S20.222S

Contusion of left back wall of thorax, sequela

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Billable/Specific Code

POA Exempt

S20.222S is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM S20.222S became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S20.222S - other international versions of ICD-10 S20.222S may differ.

The following code(s) above S20.222S 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 S20.222S:

S00-T88
2020 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Note
- 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
Type 1 Excludes
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Use Additional
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
S20-S29
2020 ICD-10-CM Range S20-S29
Injuries to the thorax
Includes
- 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

Present On Admission

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.

S20.222S is considered exempt from POA reporting.

ICD-10-CM S20.222S is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):

604 Trauma to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast with mcc
605 Trauma to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast without mcc

Convert S20.222S 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

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S20.222S

S20.219D …… subsequent encounter

S20.219S …… sequela

S20.22 Contusion of back wall of thorax

S20.221 Contusion of right back wall of thorax

S20.221A …… initial encounter

S20.221D …… subsequent encounter

S20.221S …… sequela

S20.222 Contusion of left back wall of thorax

S20.222A …… initial encounter

S20.222D …… subsequent encounter

S20.222S …… sequela

S20.229 Contusion of unspecified back wall of thorax

S20.229A …… initial encounter

S20.229D …… subsequent encounter

S20.229S …… sequela

S20.3 Other and unspecified superficial injuries of front wall of thorax

S20.30 Unspecified superficial injuries of front wall of thorax

S20.301 Unspecified superficial injuries of right front wall of thorax

S20.301A …… initial encounter

S20.301D …… subsequent encounter

S20.301S …… sequela

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S20.222S

Contusion of left back wall of thorax, sequela

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Injuries to the thorax