S21.142A

The ICD-10-CM code for pnctr w fb of l frnt wl of thorax w/o penet thor cav, init is S21.142A. The full clinical description is "Puncture wound with foreign body of left front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity, initial encounter". S21.142A is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.

ICD-10-CM code S21.142A represents “Puncture wound with foreign body of left front wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity, initial encounter”. It is classified under Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.

Yes, S21.142A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.

S21.142A is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

S21.142A is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2834863. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for S21.142A in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-11. Use the ICD-10 to ICD-11 converter to search for related codes.