Superficial foreign body of unspecified parts of thorax, sequela

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Superficial foreign body of unspecified parts of thorax, sequela

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

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S20.95XA	Superficial foreign body of unspecified parts of thorax, initial encounter	Valid
S20.95XD	Superficial foreign body of unspecified parts of thorax, subsequent encounter	Valid