ICD-10-CM Code for Multiple fractures of ribs, unspecified side, initial encounter for closed fracture S22.49XA
ICD-10 code S22.49XA for Multiple fractures of ribs, unspecified side, initial encounter for closed fracture is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .
Multiple fractures of ribs, unspecified side, initial encounter for closed fracture
S22.4
Excludes1: flail chest (S22.5-)
S22
Includes: fracture of thoracic neural arch
fracture of thoracic spinous process
fracture of thoracic transverse process
fracture of thoracic vertebra
fracture of thoracic vertebral arch
Excludes1: transection of thorax (S28.1)
Excludes2: fracture of clavicle (S42.0-)
fracture of scapula (S42.1-)
Code also: , if applicable, any associated condition such as:
injury of intrathoracic organ (S27.-)
spinal cord injury (S24.0-, S24.1-)
traumatic hemopneumothorax (S27.2)
traumatic hemothorax (S27.1-)
traumatic pneumothorax (S27.0)
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