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ICD-10-CM Code for Puncture wound without foreign body of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity S21.23

ICD-10 code S21.23 for Puncture wound without foreign body of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .

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Puncture wound without foreign body of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity

S21

Excludes1: traumatic amputation (partial) of thorax (S28.1)

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

 
S21.23 Puncture wound without foreign body of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
Child Code
Puncture wound without foreign body of right back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
Child Code
Puncture wound without foreign body of left back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
Child Code
Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity

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