ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S20-S29 › S22.072 Unstable burst fracture of T9-T10 vertebra › S22.072S
Unstable burst fracture of T9-T10 vertebra, 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 Unstable burst fracture of T9-T10 vertebra, 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 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 > ninth > burst > unstable
- Fracture, traumatic > thorax > vertebra > tenth > burst > unstable
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S22.072A | Unstable burst fracture of T9-T10 vertebra, initial encounter for closed fracture | Valid |
| S22.072B | Unstable burst fracture of T9-T10 vertebra, initial encounter for open fracture | Valid |
| S22.072D | Unstable burst fracture of T9-T10 vertebra, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | Valid |
| S22.072G | Unstable burst fracture of T9-T10 vertebra, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | Valid |
| S22.072K | Unstable burst fracture of T9-T10 vertebra, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion | Valid |