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  2. S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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  3. S20-S29 Injuries to the thorax
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  4. S20- Superficial injury of thorax
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  5. 2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S20.224A

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S20.224A

Contusion of middle back wall of thorax, initial encounter

    2021 - New Code Billable/Specific Code
  • S20.224A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • ICD-10-CM S20.224A is a new 2021 ICD-10-CM code that became effective on October 1, 2020.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S20.224A - other international versions of ICD-10 S20.224A may differ.
The following code(s) above S20.224A 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 S20.224A:
  • S00-T88
    2021 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
    Use Additional
    • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
    Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
  • S20-S29
    2021 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
ICD-10-CM S20.224A 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
  • 963 Other multiple significant trauma with mcc
  • 964 Other multiple significant trauma with cc
  • 965 Other multiple significant trauma without cc/mcc
Code History
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): New code
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S20.224A
S20.221S …… sequela
S20.222 Contusion of left back wall of thorax
S20.222A …… initial encounter
S20.222D …… subsequent encounter
S20.222S …… sequela
S20.223 Contusion of bilateral back wall of thorax
S20.223A …… initial encounter
S20.223D …… subsequent encounter
S20.223S …… sequela
S20.224 Contusion of middle back wall of thorax
S20.224A …… initial encounter
S20.224D …… subsequent encounter
S20.224S …… 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

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

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