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  2. S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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  4. S20- Superficial injury of thorax
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  5. 2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S20.324D

2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S20.324D

Blister (nonthermal) of middle front wall of thorax, subsequent encounter

    2021 - New Code 2022 Billable/Specific Code POA Exempt
  • S20.324D is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • Short description: Blister (nonthermal) of middle front wall of thorax, subs
  • The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM S20.324D became effective on October 1, 2021.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S20.324D - other international versions of ICD-10 S20.324D may differ.
The following code(s) above S20.324D 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 S20.324D:
  • 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
    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
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.
  • S20.324D is considered exempt from POA reporting.
ICD-10-CM S20.324D is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0):
  • 949 Aftercare with cc/mcc
  • 950 Aftercare without cc/mcc
Code History
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): New code
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S20.324D
S20.322 Blister (nonthermal) of left front wall of thorax
S20.322A …… initial encounter
S20.322D …… subsequent encounter
S20.322S …… sequela
S20.323 Blister (nonthermal) of bilateral front wall of thorax
S20.323A …… initial encounter
S20.323D …… subsequent encounter
S20.323S …… sequela
S20.324 Blister (nonthermal) of middle front wall of thorax
S20.324A …… initial encounter
S20.324D …… subsequent encounter
S20.324S …… sequela
S20.329 Blister (nonthermal) of unspecified front wall of thorax
S20.329A …… initial encounter
S20.329D …… subsequent encounter
S20.329S …… sequela
S20.34 External constriction of front wall of thorax
S20.341 External constriction of right front wall of thorax
S20.341A …… initial encounter
S20.341D …… subsequent encounter
S20.341S …… sequela

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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