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S22

Fracture of rib(s), sternum and thoracic spine

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 6 more specific codes instead:

  • S22.0 Fracture of thoracic vertebra (also a header)
  • S22.2 Fracture of sternum (also a header)
  • S22.3 Fracture of one rib (also a header)
  • S22.4 Multiple fractures of ribs (also a header)
  • S22.5 Flail chest (also a header)
  • S22.9 Fracture of bony thorax, part unspecified (also a header)

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

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Fracture of rib(s), sternum and thoracic spine

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.

This code

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S22

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • transection of thorax (S28.1)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • fracture of clavicle (S42.0-)
  • fracture of scapula (S42.1-)

Code first

  • , if applicable, spinal cord injury (S24.0-, S24.1-)

Code also

  • , if applicable, any associated condition such as:
  • injury of intrathoracic organ (S27.-)
  • traumatic hemopneumothorax (S27.2)
  • traumatic hemothorax (S27.1-)
  • traumatic pneumothorax (S27.0)

Includes

  • fracture of thoracic neural arch
  • fracture of thoracic spinous process
  • fracture of thoracic transverse process
  • fracture of thoracic vertebra
  • fracture of thoracic vertebral arch

Note

  • A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
  • A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed

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