Puncture wound with foreign body of trachea

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

S11.024A Puncture wound with foreign body of trachea, initial encounter
S11.024D Puncture wound with foreign body of trachea, subsequent encounter
S11.024S Puncture wound with foreign body of trachea, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Puncture wound with foreign body of trachea

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from S11 Open wound of neck

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S11

Excludes2 - not included here

open fracture of vertebra (S12.- with 7th character B)

Code also

any associated:
spinal cord injury (S14.0, S14.1-)
wound infection

Inherited from the S10-S19 section Injuries to the neck (S10-S19)

Excludes2 - not included here

burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1)
effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3)
effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2)
effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4)
frostbite (T33-T34)
insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)

Includes

injuries of nape
injuries of supraclavicular region
injuries of throat

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Puncture > throat
Wound, open > nape
Wound, open > throat
Wound, open > thyroid
Wound, open > trachea
Wound, open > neck > puncture
Puncture > neck > involving > trachea
Puncture > trachea > with foreign body
Wound, open > neck > involving > trachea > puncture > with foreign body

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S11.021	Laceration without foreign body of trachea	Not billable
S11.022	Laceration with foreign body of trachea	Not billable
S11.023	Puncture wound without foreign body of trachea	Not billable
S11.025	Open bite of trachea	Not billable
S11.029	Unspecified open wound of trachea	Not billable