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S21.111

S21.111: Laceration without foreign body of right front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMright

S21.111 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for laceration without foreign body of right front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity. 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 S21

A
initial encounter
D
subsequent encounter
S
sequela

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S21.111

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on S21: Open wound of thorax

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

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 S21.111

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under S21.11

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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