S22 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Fracture of rib(s), sternum and thoracic spine.
Notes
A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
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
Code also
Type 1 excludes
Transection of thorax (S28.1)
Type 2 excludes
Seventh character note
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S22
Seventh character extensions
A: initial encounter for closed fracture
B: initial encounter for open fracture
D: subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
G: subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
K: subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
S: sequela
Codes
Versions
2025
Code changed
Code also
, if applicable, any associated:injury of intrathoracic organ (S27.-)spinal cord injury (S24.0-, S24.1-)
- , 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)
2024
Code changed
Code also
- , if applicable, any associated:
- injury of intrathoracic organ (S27.-)
- spinal cord injury (S24.0-, S24.1-)
Code first
any associated:injury of intrathoracic organ (S27.-)spinal cord injury (S24.0-, S24.1-)
2023
No changes
2022
No changes
2021
No changes
2020
No changes
2019
No changes
2018
No changes
2017
No changes
2016
New code