S21.12
S21.12: Laceration with foreign body of front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S21.12 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for laceration with foreign body of 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
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 S21.12
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S21.121Laceration with foreign body of right front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
- S21.122Laceration with foreign body of left front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
- S21.129Laceration with foreign body of unspecified front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
Other codes under S21.1
- S21.10Unspecified open wound of front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
- S21.11Laceration without foreign body of front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
- S21.13Puncture wound without foreign body of front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
- S21.14Puncture wound with foreign body of front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity
- S21.15Open bite of front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity