S27.492

S27.492: Other injury of bronchus, bilateral

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMbilateral

S27.492 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other injury of bronchus, bilateral. 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 S27

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S27.492

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on S27: Injury of other and unspecified intrathoracic organs

injury of cervical esophagus (S10-S19)
injury of trachea (cervical) (S10-S19)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Injury›intrathoracic›bronchus›specified type NEC›bilateral

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S27.492

3 child codes. Green means billable.