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S27.59XA
Billable

Other injury of thoracic trachea (initial encounter)

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Inclusion Terms

1 item
  • Secondary blast injury of thoracic trachea

Billable Code

S27.59XA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Inclusion Terms

1 item

From S27.59:

  • Secondary blast injury of thoracic trachea

Excludes1

2 items

From S00-T88:

Excludes2

2 items

From S27:

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

Use Additional Code

1 item

From S00-T88:

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

7th Character Notes

4 items

From S27:

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S27
  • A: initial encounter
  • D: subsequent encounter
  • S: sequela
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