S27.8
Injury of other specified intrathoracic organs
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 15 never code together
S27code
S20-S29block
Excludes2
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)T20-T32
- effects of foreign body in bronchus (T17.5)T17.5
- effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1)T18.1
- effects of foreign body in lung (T17.8)T17.8
- effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4)T17.4
- frostbite (T33-T34)T33-T34
- injuries of axilla
- injuries of clavicle
- injuries of scapular region
- injuries of shoulder
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)T63.4
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 7
S20-S29block
Includes
- injuries of breast
- injuries of chest (wall)
- injuries of interscapular area
S00-T88chapter
Notes
- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
- The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Use additional code
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-
Index entries leading here filed at null
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Alongside this code 8 same parent — S27
S27.0 Traumatic pneumothorax category S27.1 Traumatic hemothorax category S27.2 Traumatic hemopneumothorax category S27.3 Other and unspecified injuries of lung category S27.4 Injury of bronchus category S27.5 Injury of thoracic trachea category S27.6 Injury of pleura category S27.9 Injury of unspecified intrathoracic organ category
Subordinate codes 3
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