ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S20-S29 › S21.242 Puncture wound with foreign body... › S21.242S
Puncture wound with foreign body of left back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity, sequela
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Puncture wound with foreign body of left back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity, 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 S21 Open wound of thorax
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S21
Excludes1 - never coded here
- traumatic amputation (partial) of thorax (S28.1)
Code also
- any associated injury, such as:
- injury of heart (S26.-)
- injury of intrathoracic organs (S27.-)
- rib fracture (S22.3-, S22.4-)
- spinal cord injury (S24.0-, S24.1-)
- traumatic hemopneumothorax (S27.3)
- traumatic hemothorax (S27.1)
- traumatic pneumothorax (S27.0)
- wound infection
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.
- Puncture > back
- Puncture > chest wall
- Puncture > costal region
- Wound, open > chest wall
- Wound, open > costal region
- Wound, open > sternal region
- Puncture > interscapular region
- Wound, open > thorax, thoracic > puncture
- Injury > thorax, thoracic > external > open
- Puncture > thorax, thoracic > back > with > foreign body
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S21.242A | Puncture wound with foreign body of left back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity, initial encounter | Valid |
| S21.242D | Puncture wound with foreign body of left back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity, subsequent encounter | Valid |