Other specified injury of thoracic aorta, initial encounter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Other injury of thoracic aorta, initial encounter
FY2011 Draft description revised draft ~~Other injury of thoracic aorta, initial encounter~~ Other specified injury of thoracic aorta, initial encounter

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 S25 Injury of blood vessels of thorax

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S25

Code also

any associated open wound (S21.-)

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
Transection > aorta
Injury > internal > aorta
Injury > hip > blood vessel
Injury > interscapular area
Injury > leg > blood vessel
Injury > thigh > blood vessel
Injury > blood vessel NEC > aorta
Injury > blood vessel NEC > thigh
Injury > blood vessel NEC > mammary
Injury > blood vessel NEC > azygos vein
Injury > blood vessel NEC > leg > thigh
Injury > blood vessel NEC > limb > lower
Injury > aorta > specified type NEC
Injury > blood vessel NEC > thoracic > aorta > specified type NEC

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S25.09XD	Other specified injury of thoracic aorta, subsequent encounter	Valid
S25.09XS	Other specified injury of thoracic aorta, sequela	Valid