S21.321

Laceration with foreign body of right front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity

Requires 7th character

S21.321 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from S21)

  • injuries of breast
  • injuries of chest (wall)
  • injuries of interscapular area
  • Note: Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
  • Note: The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • traumatic amputation (partial) of thorax (S28.1) (from S21)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • birth trauma (P10-P15) (from S21)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71) (from S21)
  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32) (from S21)
  • effects of foreign body in bronchus (T17.5) (from S21)
  • effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1) (from S21)
  • effects of foreign body in lung (T17.8) (from S21)
  • effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4) (from S21)
  • frostbite (T33-T34) (from S21)
  • injuries of axilla (from S21)
  • injuries of clavicle (from S21)
  • injuries of scapular region (from S21)
  • injuries of shoulder (from S21)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4) (from S21)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-) (from S21)

Code also

An additional code may be needed.

  • any associated injury, such as: (from S21)
  • injury of heart (S26.-) (from S21)
  • injury of intrathoracic organs (S27.-) (from S21)
  • rib fracture (S22.3-, S22.4-) (from S21)
  • spinal cord injury (S24.0-, S24.1-) (from S21)
  • traumatic hemopneumothorax (S27.3) (from S21)
  • traumatic hemothorax (S27.1) (from S21)
  • traumatic pneumothorax (S27.0) (from S21)
  • wound infection (from S21)

7th character

This code requires a 7th character (defined at S21). Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.

CharacterMeaning
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

Parent code

  • S21.32Laceration with foreign body of front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavityNeeds 7th char

More specific codes S21.321

  • S21.321ALaceration with foreign body of right front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity, initial encounterBillable
  • S21.321DLaceration with foreign body of right front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity, subsequent encounterBillable
  • S21.321SLaceration with foreign body of right front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity, sequelaBillable

Related codes

  • S21.322Laceration with foreign body of left front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavityNeeds 7th char
  • S21.329Laceration with foreign body of unspecified front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavityNeeds 7th char

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