Superficial foreign body of bilateral front wall of thorax

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, FY2021 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

S20.353A Superficial foreign body of bilateral front wall of thorax, initial encounter
S20.353D Superficial foreign body of bilateral front wall of thorax, subsequent encounter
S20.353S Superficial foreign body of bilateral front wall of thorax, sequela

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

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2021 to now.

FY2021 Added to the code set Superficial foreign body of bilateral front wall of thorax

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 S20 Superficial injury of thorax

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S20

Inherited from the S20-S29 section Injuries to the thorax (S20-S29)

Excludes2 - not included here

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)

Includes

injuries of breast
injuries of chest (wall)
injuries of interscapular area

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.

Emesis
Retching
Splinter
Granuloma > talc
Regurgitation > food
Foreign body > granuloma
Reaction > foreign > body NEC
Foreign body > lacrimal punctum
Aspiration > syndrome of newborn
Regurgitation > gastric contents
Myositis > foreign body granuloma
Pneumonia > neonatal > aspiration
Syndrome > aspiration, of newborn
Asphyxia, asphyxiation > inhalation
Injury > superficial NEC > chest wall
Injury > superficial NEC > foreign body
Injury > superficial NEC > costal region
Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
Injury > thorax, thoracic > external > superficial
Injury > superficial NEC > thorax, thoracic > foreign body
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > chest wall
Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > costal region
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > thorax, thoracic > front

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S20.351	Superficial foreign body of right front wall of thorax	Not billable
S20.352	Superficial foreign body of left front wall of thorax	Not billable
S20.354	Superficial foreign body of middle front wall of thorax	Not billable
S20.359	Superficial foreign body of unspecified front wall of thorax	Not billable