S20-S29
Injuries to the thorax
Injuries to the thorax (S20-S29) is a block within ICD-10-CM Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes. It holds 10 categories.
Includes
- injuries of breast
- injuries of chest (wall)
- injuries of interscapular area
Excludes2
Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- effects of foreign body in bronchus (T17.5)
- effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1)
- effects of foreign body in lung (T17.8)
- effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- injuries of axilla
- injuries of clavicle
- injuries of scapular region
- injuries of shoulder
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
Categories in S20-S29
- S20Superficial injury of thoraxcategory
- S21Open wound of thoraxcategory
- S22Fracture of rib(s), sternum and thoracic spinecategory
- S23Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of thoraxcategory
- S24Injury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax levelcategory
- S25Injury of blood vessels of thoraxcategory
- S26Injury of heartcategory
- S27Injury of other and unspecified intrathoracic organscategory
- S28Crushing inj thorax, and traumatic amp of part of thoraxcategory
- S29Other and unspecified injuries of thoraxcategory
Source
ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.