S21.33
S21.33: Puncture wound without foreign body of front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S21.33 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for puncture wound without foreign body of front wall of thorax with 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.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Puncture›thorax, thoracic›front›with›penetration
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S21.33
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S21.331Puncture wound without foreign body of right front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity
- S21.332Puncture wound without foreign body of left front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity
- S21.339Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity
Other codes under S21.3
- S21.30Unspecified open wound of front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity
- S21.31Laceration without foreign body of front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity
- S21.32Laceration with foreign body of front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity
- S21.34Puncture wound with foreign body of front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity
- S21.35Open bite of front wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity