S20.36
S20.36 — Insect bite (nonvenomous) of front wall of thorax
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S20.36 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for insect bite (nonvenomous) of front wall 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
Risk adjustment
S20.36 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead S20.36
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- S20.361Insect bite (nonvenomous) of right front wall of thorax
- S20.362Insect bite (nonvenomous) of left front wall of thorax
- S20.363Insect bite (nonvenomous) of bilateral front wall of thorax
- S20.364Insect bite (nonvenomous) of middle front wall of thorax
- S20.369Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified front wall of thorax
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S20.3. If S20.36 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S20.30Unspecified superficial injuries of front wall of thorax
- S20.31Abrasion of front wall of thorax
- S20.32Blister (nonthermal) of front wall of thorax
- S20.34External constriction of front wall of thorax
- S20.35Superficial foreign body of front wall of thorax
- S20.37Other superficial bite of front wall of thorax
Questions about S20.36
- Is S20.36 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S20.36 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S20.36 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the thorax (S20-S29).