ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S20-S29 › S22.01 Fracture of first thoracic vertebra › S22.018
Other fracture of first 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.
Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:
- S22.018A Other fracture of first thoracic vertebra, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S22.018B Other fracture of first thoracic vertebra, initial encounter for open fracture
- S22.018D Other fracture of first thoracic vertebra, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- S22.018G Other fracture of first thoracic vertebra, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- S22.018K Other fracture of first thoracic vertebra, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S22.018S Other fracture of first thoracic vertebra, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Other fracture of first 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
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.
- Injury > chest
- Injury > interscapular area
- Injury > thorax, thoracic > fracture
- Fracture, traumatic > vertebra, vertebral > dorsal
- Fracture, traumatic > vertebra, vertebral > thoracic
- Fracture, traumatic > thorax > vertebra > first > specified type NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S22.010 | Wedge compression fracture of first thoracic vertebra | Not billable |
| S22.011 | Stable burst fracture of first thoracic vertebra | Not billable |
| S22.012 | Unstable burst fracture of first thoracic vertebra | Not billable |
| S22.019 | Unspecified fracture of first thoracic vertebra | Not billable |