S20

S20: Superficial injury of thorax

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S20 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for superficial injury of thorax. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S20

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Other codes that can never be billed with S20

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

S20.9Superficial injury of unspecified parts of thorax
S21.05Open bite of breast
S21.15Open bite of front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
S21.25Open bite of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
S21.35Open bite of front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity
S21.45Open bite of back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity
S21.95Open bite of unspecified part of thorax
S21.95XAOpen bite of unspecified part of thorax, initial encounter

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S20

6 child codes. Green means billable.