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
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S20.319A

2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S20.319A

Abrasion of unspecified front wall of thorax, initial encounter

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Billable/Specific Code

S20.319A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Short description: Abrasion of unspecified front wall of thorax, init encntr
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM S20.319A became effective on October 1, 2021.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S20.319A - other international versions of ICD-10 S20.319A may differ.

The following code(s) above S20.319A 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 S20.319A:

S00-T88
2022 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
2022 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

Approximate Synonyms

Abrasion of chest wall, infected
Chest wall abrasion, with infection

ICD-10-CM S20.319A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0):

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

Convert S20.319A 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
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S20.319A

S20.312S …… sequela

S20.313 Abrasion of bilateral front wall of thorax

S20.313A …… initial encounter

S20.313D …… subsequent encounter

S20.313S …… sequela

S20.314 Abrasion of middle front wall of thorax

S20.314A …… initial encounter

S20.314D …… subsequent encounter

S20.314S …… sequela

S20.319 Abrasion of unspecified front wall of thorax

S20.319A …… initial encounter

S20.319D …… subsequent encounter

S20.319S …… sequela

S20.32 Blister (nonthermal) of front wall of thorax

S20.321 Blister (nonthermal) of right front wall of thorax

S20.321A …… initial encounter

S20.321D …… subsequent encounter

S20.321S …… sequela

S20.322 Blister (nonthermal) of left front wall of thorax

S20.322A …… initial encounter

S20.322D …… subsequent encounter

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

2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S20.319A

Abrasion of unspecified front wall of thorax, initial encounter

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Injuries to the thorax