Includes:

  • injuries of breast
  • injuries of chest (wall)
  • injuries of interscapular area

Excludes2

  • 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)
  1. S27 Injury of other and unspecified intrathoracic organs

    Excludes2

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

    The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S27

    • A - initial encounter
    • D - subsequent encounter
    • S - sequela
    1. S27.0 Traumatic pneumothorax

    2. S27.1 Traumatic hemothorax

    3. S27.2 Traumatic hemopneumothorax

    4. S27.3 Other and unspecified injuries of lung

      1. S27.30 Unspecified injury of lung

        • S27.301 Unspecified injury of lung, unilateral
        • S27.302 Unspecified injury of lung, bilateral
        • S27.309 Unspecified injury of lung, unspecified
      2. S27.31 Primary blast injury of lung

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Blast injury of lung NOS
        • S27.311 Primary blast injury of lung, unilateral
        • S27.312 Primary blast injury of lung, bilateral
        • S27.319 Primary blast injury of lung, unspecified
      3. S27.32 Contusion of lung

        • S27.321 Contusion of lung, unilateral
        • S27.322 Contusion of lung, bilateral
        • S27.329 Contusion of lung, unspecified
      4. S27.33 Laceration of lung

        • S27.331 Laceration of lung, unilateral
        • S27.332 Laceration of lung, bilateral
        • S27.339 Laceration of lung, unspecified
      5. S27.39 Other injuries of lung

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Secondary blast injury of lung
        • S27.391 Other injuries of lung, unilateral
        • S27.392 Other injuries of lung, bilateral
        • S27.399 Other injuries of lung, unspecified
    5. S27.4 Injury of bronchus

      1. S27.40 Unspecified injury of bronchus

        • S27.401 Unspecified injury of bronchus, unilateral
        • S27.402 Unspecified injury of bronchus, bilateral
        • S27.409 Unspecified injury of bronchus, unspecified
      2. S27.41 Primary blast injury of bronchus

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Blast injury of bronchus NOS
        • S27.411 Primary blast injury of bronchus, unilateral
        • S27.412 Primary blast injury of bronchus, bilateral
        • S27.419 Primary blast injury of bronchus, unspecified
      3. S27.42 Contusion of bronchus

        • S27.421 Contusion of bronchus, unilateral
        • S27.422 Contusion of bronchus, bilateral
        • S27.429 Contusion of bronchus, unspecified
      4. S27.43 Laceration of bronchus

        • S27.431 Laceration of bronchus, unilateral
        • S27.432 Laceration of bronchus, bilateral
        • S27.439 Laceration of bronchus, unspecified
      5. S27.49 Other injury of bronchus

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Secondary blast injury of bronchus
        • S27.491 Other injury of bronchus, unilateral
        • S27.492 Other injury of bronchus, bilateral
        • S27.499 Other injury of bronchus, unspecified
    6. S27.5 Injury of thoracic trachea

      1. S27.50 Unspecified injury of thoracic trachea

      2. S27.51 Primary blast injury of thoracic trachea

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Blast injury of thoracic trachea NOS
      3. S27.52 Contusion of thoracic trachea

      4. S27.53 Laceration of thoracic trachea

      5. S27.59 Other injury of thoracic trachea

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Secondary blast injury of thoracic trachea
    7. S27.6 Injury of pleura

      1. S27.60 Unspecified injury of pleura

      2. S27.63 Laceration of pleura

      3. S27.69 Other injury of pleura

    8. S27.8 Injury of other specified intrathoracic organs

      1. S27.80 Injury of diaphragm

      2. S27.81 Injury of esophagus (thoracic part)

        • S27.812 Contusion of esophagus (thoracic part)
        • S27.813 Laceration of esophagus (thoracic part)
        • S27.818 Other injury of esophagus (thoracic part)
        • S27.819 Unspecified injury of esophagus (thoracic part)
      3. S27.89 Injury of other specified intrathoracic organs

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Injury of lymphatic thoracic duct
        • Injury of thymus gland
        • S27.892 Contusion of other specified intrathoracic organs
        • S27.893 Laceration of other specified intrathoracic organs
        • S27.898 Other injury of other specified intrathoracic organs
        • S27.899 Unspecified injury of other specified intrathoracic organs
    9. S27.9 Injury of unspecified intrathoracic organ

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.