S29.9
S29.9: Unspecified injury of thorax
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S29.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified injury 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 S29
- 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
- Injury›breast NOS
- Injury›costal region NEC
- Injury›costochondral NEC
- Injury›midthoracic region NOS
- Injury›sternal region
- Injury›thorax, thoracic
- Injury›thorax, thoracic›external(wall)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S29.9
3 child codes. Green means billable.