Fracture of thoracic vertebra

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 9 more specific codes instead:

S22.00 Fracture of unspecified thoracic vertebra (also a header)
S22.01 Fracture of first thoracic vertebra (also a header)
S22.02 Fracture of second thoracic vertebra (also a header)
S22.03 Fracture of third thoracic vertebra (also a header)
S22.04 Fracture of fourth thoracic vertebra (also a header)
S22.05 Fracture of T5-T6 vertebra (also a header)
S22.06 Fracture of T7-T8 vertebra (also a header)
S22.07 Fracture of T9-T10 vertebra (also a header)
S22.08 Fracture of T11-T12 vertebra (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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Fracture of thoracic vertebra

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 S22 Fracture of rib(s), sternum and thoracic spine

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

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S22.2	Fracture of sternum	Not billable
S22.3	Fracture of one rib	Not billable
S22.4	Multiple fractures of ribs	Not billable
S22.5	Flail chest	Not billable
S22.9	Fracture of bony thorax, part unspecified	Not billable