S27.89 — Injury of other specified intrathoracic organs
S27.89 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of other specified intrathoracic organs. 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Injury of lymphatic thoracic duct
- Injury of thymus gland
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S27.89
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of S27.89, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Risk adjustment
S27.89 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code history
S27.89 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Code to one of these instead S27.89
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S27.8. If S27.89 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S27.89
- Is S27.89 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S27.89 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S27.89 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the thorax (S20-S29).