ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S20-S29 › S25 Injury of blood vessels of thorax › S25.2
Injury of superior vena cava
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 4 more specific codes instead:
- S25.20 Unspecified injury of superior vena cava (also a header)
- S25.21 Minor laceration of superior vena cava (also a header)
- S25.22 Major laceration of superior vena cava (also a header)
- S25.29 Other specified injury of superior vena cava (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 Injury of superior vena cava
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
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S25.0 | Injury of thoracic aorta | Not billable |
| S25.1 | Injury of innominate or subclavian artery | Not billable |
| S25.3 | Injury of innominate or subclavian vein | Not billable |
| S25.4 | Injury of pulmonary blood vessels | Not billable |
| S25.5 | Injury of intercostal blood vessels | Not billable |
| S25.8 | Injury of other blood vessels of thorax | Not billable |
| S25.9 | Injury of unspecified blood vessel of thorax | Not billable |