ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S27.319

Blast injury of lung NOS

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

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

any associated open wound of thorax (S21.-)

birth trauma (P10-P15)

obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

injury of cervical esophagus (S10-S19)

injury of trachea (cervical) (S10-S19)

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.