S21.95
S21.95: Open bite of unspecified part of thorax
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S21.95 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for open bite of unspecified part 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 S21
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- superficial bite of thorax (S20.97)
Other codes that can never be billed with S21.95
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Bite›thorax, thoracic(wall)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S21.95
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under S21.9
- S21.90Unspecified open wound of unspecified part of thorax
- S21.91Laceration without foreign body of unspecified part of thorax
- S21.92Laceration with foreign body of unspecified part of thorax
- S21.93Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified part of thorax
- S21.94Puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified part of thorax